Etymology

waragi

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Today it means: A distilled alcoholic beverage made from bananas or millet, common in Uganda. Full definition →

Luganda waragi ← English war
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The story

  1. English · derived fromwar
  2. Luganda · borrowed fromwaragi
  3. English todaywaragi

Borrowed from Luganda waragi, itself from English war + gin.

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