malvoisie

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΜονεμβασία“Monemvasia”
2. Italian · derived frommalvasia
3. Middle French · derived frommalvoisie
4. Anglo-Norman · derived frommalvesey
5. Middle English · inherited frommalvesye
6. English todaymalvoisie

From Middle English malvesye, malvesyn, from Anglo-Norman malvesey, malvoisin and Middle French malvoisie (which the modern form is influenced by), from Italian malvasia, from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις). Doublet of malvasia and Monemvasia. Compare malmsey.

Words from the same roots