Friday, 3 January 2025

Do you speak a little Latin when you say 'decanter'?

'Decanter' is a word borrowed from Latin 'decanthus'. The word entered the English language some time around 1708.


decanter [noun] [1708]
  • a vessel used to or to receive liquids
  • an ornamental glass bottle used for serving wine
See 'decanter' on the Loan Words Map

See more loan words from Latin.

note: Decanter comes from the verb decant to pour and its Medieval Latin source decanthare pour from the edge of a vessel.
Etymology: -
See more loan words from 1700s.


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