What is the history of the word honeymoon?
Many people know the word ‘honeymoon’. It means a vacation for newlyweds to a holiday resort or perhaps a foreign country. However, do you know where the word originally comes from? Honeymoon is derived from the Old English ‘honeymoon’ , which came about because in past time , during the wedding ceremony, the new bride and groom drank one glass of honey wine per day during the first month after their wedding. Moone refers to a period of sweetness, since the moon is full until waning. When the two words were combined, according to Dr Samuel Johnson , who famously compiled the first dictionary , it means the first month is full of tenderness and pleasure. Nowadays, a honeymoon can be taken at any time.