Etymology

orgeat

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Today it means: A sweet syrup made from sugar and almonds (or originally barley) and rose water or orange-flower water. Full definition →

French orgeat ← Latin hordeum
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  1. Latin · derived fromhordeum
  2. French · borrowed fromorgeat
  3. English todayorgeat

From French orgeat, derived from orge (“barley”), from Latin hordeum. Doublet of horchata and orzo. Cognate to Surinamese Dutch orgeade.

Words from the same roots

Latinhordeum all →

orzohordatinehordeaceoushordeic acidhordeiformhordein

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.