malmsey

Meaningplace name

Common meaning: sweet fortified wine

malmseyplace nameSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 350 · scan

Journey through time

GreekMalvasia‘place name’source
Old Frenchmeaning shiftsplace name → sweet winemalvoisie‘sweet wine’source
Englishmalmsey‘sweet fortified wine’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Greek Malvasia ‘place name’.

Roots

Malvasia Greek “place name”

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