makgeolli

Where does the word "makgeolli" come from? It comes from Korean makgeolli, and was adopted directly into English (2000s-2010s).

Makgeolli’s story begins in Korean: makgeolli meant “a cloudy, lightly fermented rice wine.” Named an unrefined, milky rice wine traditionally made by farmers. It reached English by 2000s-2010s as makgeolli. One of Korea's oldest alcoholic drinks, brewed from rice and nuruk starter. Today, makgeolli means a traditional Korean alcoholic drink made from fermented rice, milky and lightly sparkling.

1. Stage 1 · Korean · medieval makgeolli "a cloudy, lightly fermented rice wine", named an unrefined, milky rice wine traditionally made by farmers.
2. Stage 2 · English · 2000s-2010s makgeolli "a traditional Korean milky rice wine", one of Korea's oldest alcoholic drinks, brewed from rice and nuruk starter.