Etymology

metheglin

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Today it means: A spiced mead, originally from Wales. Full definition →

Welsh meddyglyn ← Latin medicus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frommedicus
  2. Welsh · borrowed frommeddyglyn
  3. English todaymetheglin

From Welsh meddyglyn, from meddyg (“doctor, healer”) (from Latin medicus) + llyn (“liquor”) (cognate with Irish lionn and Gaelic leann).

Words from the same roots

Latinmedicus all →

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