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Where does “absinto” come from?

absinto (Esperanto) comes from Russian абсент, from French absinthe, from Latin absinthium, from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον — wormwood; vermouth, wine spiced by wormwood.

absinto (Esperanto): wormwood, absinthe

Definitions

  1. wormwood, absinthe

Ancestry of “absinto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianабсентabsinth
2Frenchabsinthewormwood; absinthe
3Latinabsinthiumwormwood; an infusion of wormwood sometimes...
4Ancient Greekἀψίνθιονwormwood; vermouth, wine spiced by wormwood

Words derived from “absinto”

  • absintaĵo
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