Acquavite

From Latin "aqua vitae", or water of life (Pietro Andrea Mattioli, 1501-1578, Italian physician and humanist, wrote: “fassi del vino l’acqua vite per lambicco, così chiamata per le meravigliose virtù sue, le quali ha per la conservazione della vita del uomo” - "make acquavite from wine through alembic, so called because of its wonderful virtues, which it has for the conservation of man life"), is synonymous with distillate.