bulgogi

Where does the word "bulgogi" come from? It comes from Korean bul gogi, and was adopted directly into English (1900s).

Bulgogi’s story begins in Korean: bul gogi meant “fire meat.” Literally fire meat, from bul (fire) and gogi (meat). It reached English by 1900s as bulgogi. Korean 'fire meat', from 'bul', fire, plus 'gogi', meat. Today, bulgogi means a Korean dish of thinly sliced, marinated beef, typically grilled.

1. Stage 1 · Korean · medieval bul gogi "fire meat", literally fire meat, from bul (fire) and gogi (meat).
2. Stage 2 · English · 1900s bulgogi "marinated, grilled Korean beef", Korean 'fire meat', from 'bul', fire, plus 'gogi', meat.