Etymology

Yquem

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Today it means: Château d'Yquem, a prestigious wine produced in Sauternes. Full definition →

Occitan Iquem ← Latin Achelmus
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  1. Latin · derived fromAchelmus
  2. Occitan · derived fromIquem
  3. English todayYquem

Borrowed from French, itself from Occitan Iquem, variant of Eiquem (French: Eyquem), from Latin Achelmus/Aichelmus, ultimately from Germanic.

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