English
Pilsener
Pilsener comes from German Pilsener ‘a particular style of lager beer, originally…’, and goes back to Middle High German Pilsen.
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350Pilsen
- Germanc. 1650–presentsame form
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentPilsener‘a particular style of lager beer, originally from the city of Pilsen’
- Englishearliest quotation 1939same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350Pilsen
- Germanc. 1650–presentsame form
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentPilsener‘a particular style of lager beer, originally from the city of Pilsen’
- Englishearliest quotation 1939same form
Earliest quotation: 1939, Paul Gallico, Harmondsworth: “He went to a vacant table in the lobby…”
Linked words
through German Pilsen
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle High German Pilsen / Pilsener