Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
sherry
noun · first attested 16th century
The wine is an English attempt at saying Jerez.
A fortified wine originally from Andalusia.
36.6815°N -6.1379°W · Q24011941
Record
- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 16th century
- Part of speech
- noun
Explanations here are written for this atlas. Dictionary text is not copied; the sources are linked so the claim can be checked.
- Step 1
Jerez
- Step 2
sherris
- In English
sherry
Sherry comes from the Spanish town of Jerez de la Frontera, whose name reached English through forms like sherris. The place-name, misheard and shortened, became the wine.
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