Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·german ·1910s
Ersatz
from Ersatz
- Meaning
- Replacement — usually inferior substitute.
- Source word
- Ersatz
- Route into English
- WWI-era German wartime substitute goods (ersatz coffee, ersatz rubber); the disparaging tinge is now baked in.
- Arrived
- 1910s
English borrows.
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