Etymograph

English

lager

Lager comes from German Lagerbier ‘beer made for storing’, and goes back to Lager ‘store’.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentLager‘store’
  2. German, derivedc. 1650–presentLagerbier‘beer made for storing’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2019lager

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentLager‘store’
  2. German, derivedc. 1650–presentLagerbier‘beer made for storing’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2019lager

Earliest quotation: 2019, Kitty Empire pseudonym, The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everym: “The 40-year-old [Mike Skinner] is happy to put his…”

Every English word from German Lager

Today it means

noun A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.

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Etymograph / German Lager / lager

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