Did you know that 'whiskey' is actually Gaelic?

'Whiskey' is a word borrowed from Gaelic 'uisce beatha'. The word entered the English language some time around 1715.

whiskey [noun] [1715]

• a liquor distilled from fermented wort (as that obtained from rye, corn, or barley mash)
• a drink of whiskey

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Etymology: Irish 'uisce beatha' & Scottish Gaelic 'uisge beatha' literally, water of life

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