英语词汇whiskey的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	whiskey
词源	whiskey. Whiskey, first recorded in 1715, is the spelling used by the Irish, Americans, and French, while the English spell the stuff whisky, as do the Germans. Call for whiskey in almost any country in the world and you’ll get what you want—a truly uni- versal word that is an Anglicized version of the Gaelic uisce beathadh, “water of life.” See martini; scotch; vodka.
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