Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·Japanese ·1680s
Sake
from sake
- Meaning
- Japanese rice wine.
- Source word
- sake
- Route into English
- Japanese *sake* → English via trade. A homograph with English *sake* (for the sake of) but unrelated; pronounced differently (sah-kay vs sayk).
- Arrived
- 1680s
From Japanese
Two waves — Meiji-era diplomatic contact (1850s–1900s) and post-war US military presence (1945–) account for almost all Japanese loans in general English.
English borrows.
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