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Where does the word "nectar" come from? It comes from Greek nektar, and was adopted directly into English (1500s).
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Where does the word "nectar" come from? It comes from Greek nektar, and was adopted directly into English (1500s).
Nectar’s story begins in Greek: nektar meant “the drink of the gods.” The mythical drink of the gods, granting immortality. It reached English by 1500s as nectar. Settled as the word for any delicious drink, later the sweet fluid in flowers. Today, nectar means the sweet fluid produced by flowers, or any delicious drink.
- Stage 1 · Greek · ancient nektar "the drink of the gods", the mythical drink of the gods, granting immortality.
- Stage 2 · English · 1500s nectar "a delicious drink, or sweet flower fluid", settled as the word for any delicious drink, later the sweet fluid in flowers.