nectar

Meanings

Noun

• The drink of the gods.
• Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice.
• The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds.

Verb

• To feed on nectar.

Origin

• From Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ ("nourishment of the gods"), from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- ("perish, disappear") + *-tr̥h₂, from *terh₂-.