Etymology

whiskeyed

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Today it means: Treated or infused with whiskey. Full definition →

English whiskey ← Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha ← Medieval Latin aqua vītae
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  3. Proto-Celtic*udenskyos
  4. Old Irishuisce
  5. Irishuisce
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  8. Proto-Celtic*biwos
  9. Proto-Celtic*biwotūts
  10. Old Irishbethu
  11. Irishbeatha
  12. Medieval Latinaqua vītae
  13. Irishuisce beatha
  14. Old Irishuisce
  15. Scottish Gaelicuisge
  16. Old Irishbethu
  17. Scottish Gaelicbeatha
  18. Medieval Latinaqua vītae
  19. Scottish Gaelicuisge-beatha
  20. Englishusquebaugh
  21. Englishusque
  22. Englishwhiskey
  23. English todaywhiskeyed

From whiskey + -ed.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.