Etymology

furmint

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Today it means: A type of grape grown in Hungary, commonly used in tokays. Full definition →

Hungarian furmint ← Middle French froment ← Old French frument
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  1. Old Latin*frūgmentom
  2. Latinfrūmentum
  3. Old Frenchfrument
  4. Middle Frenchfroment
  5. Hungarianfurmint
  6. English todayfurmint

From Hungarian furmint, from Middle French fromenté (“a type of grape”). Doublet of frumenty.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.