Sherry

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late 16th century: alteration of archaic sherris, interpreted as plural, from Spanish (vino de) Xeres ‘Xeres (wine)’ (Xeres being the former name of Jerez).

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From Middle English sherris (interpreted as plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres(“wine of Xeres”), Xeres being the former name of Jerez.

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sherry (n.)

kind of white wine, c. 1600, mistaken singular from sherris (1530s), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres "(wine from) Xeres," modern Jerez (Roman (urbs) Caesaris) in Spain, near the port of Cadiz, where the wine was made.