English
Wincarnis
Wincarnis comes from Latin carnis ‘of meat’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcarnis‘of meat’
- EnglishtodayWincarnis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcarnis‘of meat’
- EnglishtodayWincarnis
The story
Trade name, from wine and Latin carnis (‘of meat’); the original 19th-century formulation contained Liebig's extract, from meat.
Every English word from Latin carnis
Today it means
name A spiced British tonic wine, popular in Jamaica and some other former British colonies.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin carnis / Wincarnis