malmsey的词源

英文词源

malmsey (n.)

c. 1400, type of strong, sweet white wine, from Provençal malmesie or Middle Dutch malemesye, both from Medieval Latin malmasia, from Medieval Greek Monembasia "Monemvasia," a town in the southern Peloponnesus that was an important center of wine production in the Middle Ages, literally "only one entrance," from monos "alone, only" (see mono-) + embasis "entering into," from en- "in" + basis "a going, a stepping, a base" (see basis).

中文词源

malmsey：马姆齐甜葡萄酒

一种来自希腊葡萄品种马姆齐葡萄酿造的酒。来自法国普罗旺斯方言malmesie,来自希腊语Monembasia,现希腊地名Monemvasia.字面意思是单行道，单入口，来自mono-,单个的，en-,进入，使，-baisa,走，词源同basis,acrobat.

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