aloxinum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === aloxanum, aloxmum, aloxanus, alosanus === Etymology === Unknown; possibly borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀλόη ὀξινης (alóē oxinēs, “bitter aloe”), or perhaps Arabic الْإِسْفِنْط (al-ʔisfinṭ, “vermouth, wormwood wine”). Alternatively borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *alahsinā (“wormwood”), if not the other way around. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈɫɔk.sɪ.nũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈlɔk.si.num] === Noun === aloxinum n (genitive aloxinī); second declension (Medieval Latin) absinthe, hydromel ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== Old Catalan: alosa Old French: aluisne, aloisne, aloesne, aluesne, alogne Middle French: aluyne, aloine, aloinne French: aluine Norman: aliène Picard: aloine → Old Occitan: aluisne Occitan: aluisne Old Spanish: alosna Spanish: alosna → Old Italian: alóscia → Old Galician-Portuguese: alosna Galician: alosna Portuguese: lonsa →? Proto-West Germanic: *alahsinā (see there for further descendants) === References ===