Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses. · A serving of rum. · A kind or brand of rum. · A similar spirit distilled from similar preparations of sugarbeets, sorghum, etc.
In common use since at least 1654, of uncertain origin. Theories include: * that it is a shortening of rumbullion or rumbustion, names for rum also attested in the Caribbean during the mid-17th century, * that it derives from rummer, from Dutch roemer, * that it is from a Romani word for "strong, potent" which is (perhaps) the source of ramboozle and rumfustian (however, these drinks were not originally made with rum), * that it derives from rum ("fine, good") or from the last syllable of Latin saccharum (given the harsh taste of earlier rum, this origin is now considered unlikely)
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