sommelier

English

/ˌsɒmˈmɛli.ə/, /ˌsɔːməlˈjeɪ/

noun
Definitions
  • The member of staff at a restaurant who keeps the wine cellar and advises the guests on a choice of wines; a wine steward / stewardess, a wine waiter / waitress / server.

Etymology

Borrowed from French sommelier (beasts of burden carrying wine, a person in charge of the beast of burden, originally), somme (pack, packsaddle) derived from Latin *salma, sagma (packsaddle, saddle, sum).

Origin

Latin

sagma

Gloss

packsaddle, saddle, sum

Concept
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Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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