Etymology

picon

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Today it means: A caramel-coloured flavoured bitters made from oranges, gentian, and quinquina, traditionally accompanying beer in the east and north of France. Full definition →

French picon
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  1. French · borrowed frompicon
  2. English todaypicon

Borrowed from French picon, named after inventor Gaétan Picon (1809–1882).

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