potion

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Middle English pocioun, borrowed from Old French pocion, from Latin pōtiō (“a drinking”), pōtiōnis, from pōtāre (“to drink”). Doublet of poison.

* *sleeping potion <31> Why sleepe ye? — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
Now, how long will that potion hold him?" — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston
One evening, the doctor had ordered a very expensive potion. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo

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