absinthium
Latin
noun
Definitions
- wormwood
- an infusion of wormwood sometimes masked with honey due to its bitter taste
- (figuratively) something which is bitter but wholesome
- (inflection of) absinthium
- (inflection of) absinthium
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (wormwood).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἀψίνθιον
Gloss
wormwood
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- absinthe English
- absinthium English
- absinthiatus Latin
- absinthifolius Latin
- folium Latin
- Absinth German
- abszint Hungarian
- assenzio Italian
- absint Dutch, Flemish
- absinthe French
- absinthique French
- absinthisme French
- абсент Russian
- absintio Spanish, Castilian
- ajenjo Spanish, Castilian
- ἀψίνθινος Ancient Greek
- ἀψίνθιον Ancient Greek
- absint Norwegian Bokmål
- absinto Portuguese
- absint Norwegian Nynorsk
- apsaint Irish
- أفسنتين Arabic
- إسفنط Arabic
- absint Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- αψιθιά Greek (modern)
- absinthium Middle Dutch
- absînthe Norman
- აბზინდა Georgian
- 압생트 Korean
- assenzju Maltese
- aipsint Middle Irish
- אפסנתין Aramaic
- ascianz Dalmatian