Zymurgist

Feeling like you need a break? Feeling like you need some liquid refreshment? If so, pay a visit to your local zymurgist.
 
Zymurgy, in its origins, means ‘juice work’!
 
Zymurgy is from the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) root werg (to do) and PIE yeue (juice). From PIE werg comes Greek ergon (work) and ourgia (a working). PIE werg is also the source of the word ergonomics as well as other work-related words like allergy, energy, liturgy, surgery, synergy, and George.
 
Greek zyme (a leaven), from PIE yeue, + ourgia = ‘leaven working’ or zymurgy. The word zymurgy comes to English in 1868 and is the branch of chemistry which deals with wine-making and brewing. A zymurgist is a chemist who works in a winery or a brewery.
 
Greek zyme, as you might expect, is also the source of the word enzyme, a biochemical term coined in 1881 by the German physiologist Wilhelm Kuhne (1837 – 1900).
 
But I’ll stop now. All this wordsmithing can make a guy thirsty. Time to head over to my local zymurgistical institution and get stocked up on some salted black porter. Yum.
 
Reference: Online Etymological Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/
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