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Médoc

/me.dɔk/

proper noun/me.dɔk/

Médoc (region)

From Latin (Pagus) Medullicus (“country of the Medulli”), the local Celtic/Gaulish tribe who had inhabited the area. This name is probably from Proto-Celtic *medwos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“mead”), or alternatively *medyos (“middle”).

noun, masculine/me.dɔk/plural: Médocs

Médoc (wine)

From Latin (Pagus) Medullicus (“country of the Medulli”), the local Celtic/Gaulish tribe who had inhabited the area. This name is probably from Proto-Celtic *medwos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“mead”), or alternatively *medyos (“middle”).