Etymology

vermouth

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Today it means: A dry, or sweet apéritif wine flavored with aromatic herbs, and often used in mixed drinks. Full definition →

French vermout ← German Wermut
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The story

  1. German · derived fromWermut“wormwood”
  2. French · borrowed fromvermout
  3. English todayvermouth

From French vermout, vermouth, from German Wermut (“wormwood”). Doublet of wormwood.

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