Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·russian ·1800s
Vodka
from водка (vodka)
- Meaning
- Little water — diminutive of voda (water).
- Source word
- водка (vodka)
- Route into English
- Russian distillation tradition → English 19th c.
- Arrived
- 1800s
English borrows.
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