The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄμβιξ“cup, cap of a still”
- Arabic · derived fromالإِنْبِيق
- Medieval Latin · derived fromalembīcus
- French · borrowed fromalambic
- English todayalembic
From French alambic, from Medieval Latin alembīcus, from Arabic الإِنْبِيق (al-ʔinbīq), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix, “cup, cap of a still”). Doublet of ambix and lambic.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄμβιξ all →
ambix
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.