English
quaff
Quaff may come from Old Irish cuäch ‘cup, goblet, bowl’.
- Old Irishc. 600–900cuäch‘cup, goblet, bowl’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1590–1592quaff
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Irishc. 600–900cuäch‘cup, goblet, bowl’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1590–1592quaff
Earliest quotation: c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew: “Please ye we may contrive this afternoon, / And…”
Every English word from Old Irish cuäch
Today it means
verb To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Irish cuäch / quaff