Idézet: Denna - 2011.07.03. 09:09:54 What the meaning of the word "absinthe", which comes from the Greek "apsinthion" ?
1.Wormwood.............NO CORRECT
2.Green monster
3.Absent
4.Undrinkable
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Undrinkable .............Correct
That is a matter of debate, absinthe means wormwood (the plant), some claim that the greek word apsinthion means undrinkable. Here is what the Wikipedia says:
Some claim that the word means "undrinkable" in Greek, but it may instead be linked to the Persian root spand or aspand, or the variant esfand, which meant Peganum harmala, also called Syrian Rue—although it is not actually a variety of rue, another famously bitter herb. That Artemisia absinthium was commonly burned as a protective offering may suggest that its origins lie in the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root *spend, meaning "to perform a ritual" or "make an offering". Whether the word was a borrowing from Persian into Greek, or from a common ancestor of both, is unclear. Variant spellings of absinthe are absinth, absynthe, and absenta. In English it is pronounced /ˈæbsɪnθ/ ( listen); in French, [absɛ̃t]. Absinth (without the final e) is a spelling variant used by central European distillers. It is the usual name for absinthe produced in the Czech Republic and in Germany, and has become associated with Bohemian style absinthes.
But as the question is phrased the correct answer must me Wormwood, as it's the meaninig of the word "absinthe" that is asked for, not the meaning of the greek root of the word.
