Shortened from 'genever,' from Dutch 'jenever' (juniper), from Latin 'iūniperus' — clipped by English soldiers in the Low Countries.
A clear alcoholic spirit distilled from grain and flavored with juniper berries and other botanicals.
Shortened from 'genever' or 'geneva,' from Dutch 'jenever' (juniper), from Old French 'genevre,' from Latin 'iūniperus' (juniper). The drink was originally a Dutch and Flemish creation — a juniper-flavored spirit medicinal in intent — developed in the sixteenth or seventeenth century. English soldiers fighting in the Low Countries