Etymograph

English

sangria

Sangria comes from Spanish sangría ‘bloodletting’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ésh₂r̥‘blood’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sangwens‘blood’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsanguis‘blood’
  4. Old Spanishc. 950–1500sangne‘blood’
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentsangre‘blood’
  6. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentsangría‘bloodletting’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1972sangria

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ésh₂r̥‘blood’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sangwens‘blood’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsanguis‘blood’
  4. Old Spanishc. 950–1500sangne‘blood’
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentsangre‘blood’
  6. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentsangría‘bloodletting’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1972sangria

Earliest quotation: 1972, Lou Reed, Perfect Day: “Just a perfect day / Drink sangria in the…”

Linked words

through Latin sanguis ‘blood’

sanguine, sangiovese, 12 more

Today it means

noun A cold drink, originating in Spain, consisting of red or white wine, brandy or sherry, fruit juice, sugar and soda water and garnished with orange and other fruit.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ / sangria

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