Where does “ούζο” come from?
ούζο (Greek) comes from Turkish üzüm, from Ottoman Turkish اوزوم, from Proto-Turkic *üŕüm, from Proto-Turkic *üŕ-.
ούζο (Greek): ouzo
Ancestry of “ούζο”, step by step
ούζο traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish üzüm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | üzüm | grape |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | اوزوم | grape |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *üŕüm | grape |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *üŕ- | — |
via Italian usare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | usare | to use something |
| 2 | Latin | usare | present active infinitive of *ūsō |
| 3 | Latin | utī | how |
Words derived from “ούζο”