malvasia

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΜονεμβασία“Monemvasia”
2. English todaymalvasia

From Italian, 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