English
hyeonmi nokcha
Hyeonmi nokcha comes from Korean 현미녹차.
- Koreanmodern현미녹차hyeonmi nokchaliterally ‘brown rice green tea’
- Englishtodayhyeonmi nokcha
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Koreanmodern현미녹차hyeonmi nokchaliterally ‘brown rice green tea’
- Englishtodayhyeonmi nokcha
The story
Borrowed from Korean 현미녹차 (hyeonmi nokcha, literally “brown rice green tea”).
Every English word from Korean 현미녹차
Today it means
noun A Korean form of green tea combined with roasted brown rice.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Korean 현미녹차 / hyeonmi nokcha