Tisane Definition

tĭ-zăn, -zän
tisanes
noun
A beverage made by steeping herbs, spices, roots, etc. in hot or boiling water, sometimes drunk for medicinal purposes; herb tea.
Webster's New World

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tisane
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tisanes

Origin of Tisane

  • From Anglo-Norman tysanne, Middle French ptisane, tisane (“barley water, medicinal drink"), and their source, Latin ptisana, from Ancient Greek πτισάνη (ptisanÄ“, “peeled barley, barley-water"), from πτίσσειν (ptissein, “to peel").

    From Wiktionary

  • French barley water from Old French from Latin ptisana, tisana ptisan

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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