malmsey

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΜονεμβασία“Monemvasia”
2. Middle Dutch · derived frommalemeseye
3. Middle English · inherited frommalmesye
4. English todaymalmsey

Via Middle English malmesye from Middle Dutch malemeseye, from Italian via Old French, ultimately from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν- + βάσις). Doublet of malvoisie.

Words from the same roots