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Where does “ajenjo” come from?

ajenjo (Spanish) comes from Latin absinthium, from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον — wormwood; vermouth, wine spiced by wormwood.

ajenjo (Spanish): wormwood; absinthe

Definitions

  1. wormwood; absinthe

Ancestry of “ajenjo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabsinthiumwormwood; an infusion of wormwood sometimes...
2Ancient Greekἀψίνθιονwormwood; vermouth, wine spiced by wormwood
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