Cider
/ˈsaɪ.dər/noun
An alcoholic drink made from fermented apple juice.
Did you know?Cider comes through Old French from Latin *sicera*, a borrowing from Greek *sikera* for strong drink, which itself ultimately goes back to Hebrew *shēkār*—a word for intoxicating liquor.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic / Biblical Hebrew
Semitic
šēkār
“Intoxicating drink or strong liquor”
Ancient Greek
Greek
sikera
“Strong drink”
Late Latin
Latin
sicera
“Intoxicating liquor”
Old French
French
cisdre / sidre
“Cider, apple wine”
Middle English
English
cider
“Fermented apple drink”
Modern English
English
cider
“Fermented apple juice”