English
rum
Rum may come from Dutch roemer.
- Dutchc. 1500–presentroemeruncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1639rum
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Dutchc. 1500–presentroemeruncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1639rum
Earliest quotation: 1639, John Josselyn, Journal in An Account of Two Voyages to New-England... (1673: “... I went aboard the Fellowship of 100 and…”
Every English word from Dutch roemer
Today it means
noun A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Dutch roemer / rum