horchata

Meaning

Noun

• A sweet beverage variously made with rice, chufa or morro seeds (or, historically, barley), water, sugar, and cinnamon, and sometimes with milk.

Origin

• Borrowed from Spanish horchata, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *hordeata ("(drink, food) made of barley"), from hordeum, either via Catalan/ (possibly via a Mozarabic source), or via Italian orzata.
• Also cognate to English and French orgeat and Surinamese Dutch orgeade.