hippocras

[hip-uh-kras]

noun

1. an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.

hippocras

/ ˈhɪpəʊˌkræs /

noun

1. an old English drink of wine flavoured with spices

Word History and Origins

Origin of hippocras¹

1325–75; Middle English ypocras, apparently short for ypocras wyn (translation of Medieval Latin vīnum hippocraticum; so called because clarified by filtering through a strainer named after Hippocrates); Middle English ypocras < Old French: Hippocrates < Medieval Latin Hippocrās, alteration of Latin Hippocratēs, on model of words like cīvitās (nominative), cīvitātis (genitive)

Word History and Origins

Origin of hippocras¹

C14 ypocras, from Old French: _Hippocrates , probably referring to a filter called Hippocrates' sleeve