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noun Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds
originUnadapted borrowing from Danish and Swedish akvavit, from Medieval Latin aqua vitae (“water of life”). Doublet of aqua vitae and aquavit. Compare eau-de-vie, whisky, whiskey, and water of life from the same source.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0