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According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary, its name probably derives from the Sanskrit word for the number five; what type of drink is it?



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Answer: punch

According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary, the word punch probably derives from the Sanskrit panca, five, "as the drink properly had five ingredients."


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PUNCH! (from Sanskrit panj ? indo-european *penque hence Latin quinque, Greek pente, Celtic coic/pump, Germanic funf/five, Slavonic Pe(n)t/Pjat)
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