potion (liquid which is medicinal and/or magical) · elixir (liquid which was believed to turn non-precious metals to gold; liquid which was believed to cure all ills) · elixir (sweet taste-masking liquid)
çekim: çoğul Elixiere · tamlayan Elixiers
köken: Borrowed from Medieval Latin elixir, from Arabic اَلْإِكْسِير (al-ʔiksīr), from Ancient Greek ξηρίον (xēríon, “medicinal powder”), from ξηρός (xērós, “dry”).
köken: Borrowed from French filtre, from Medieval Latin filtrum, from Frankish *filtir, plural of *filt, from Proto-West Germanic *felt (“felt”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *peld- (“something beaten or compressed; felt”), derived from the root *pelh₂- (“to beat; to push”).
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese poçon, probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin pōtiōnem, pōtiōnem, from pōtō (“to drink”). Compare the inherited doublet peçonha.
köken: Borrowed from Ancient Greek φῐ́λτρον (phĭ́ltron, “a love charm”), derived from φῐλέω (phĭléō, “to love; to kiss”) + -τρον (-tron, instrument noun suffix).
a charm or mantra; utilized to tempt, allure, or imbue someone or something with enchantment · love potion, philter, or any periapt used to induce romantic attraction
köken: Inherited from Malay guna-guna, but ultimately uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from Old Javanese guṇa (“magic”), derived from Sanskrit गुण (guṇa, literally “talent”). If so, analyzable as reduplication of guna. * The word guṇya is found in Indic tribal milieux, where it is connected with sorcery. In the case of guṇya, guṇa is commonly used as a synonym of “supernatural powers” (siddhi) in both…
köken: From Southern Luzon axis *gayúma (“love-charm”). Compare Kapampangan gayuma. See also Cebuano gugma (“love”). The sense of “magnet” is coined in the 1960s as an allusion to the effect of the magical potion.
Apheresis of apócima, from Latin apozema, from Ancient Greek ἀπόζεμα (apózema, “to extract by boiling”), from the root ζέω (zéō, “to boil, seethe”), q. v. Compare Portuguese apózema, English apozem.