Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
champagne
noun · first attested 17th century
The drink is a place-name first, a party word second.
Sparkling wine from the Champagne region of France.
Record
- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 17th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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- Step 1
Champagne
- In English
champagne
English borrowed the name of the French province whose sparkling wine became famous. In protected use, champagne still points to that region rather than to any sparkling wine.
France
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