The word ‘vodka’ is derived from the Russian word for water: ‘voda.’ Vodka is simply the diminutive form of ‘voda’ that, sometime after the 14th century, began to take on its own independent meaning as a strong alcoholic drink. (And Russians have been drinking vodka like water ever since.)
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