Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·german ·1910s
Gesundheit
from Gesundheit
- Meaning
- Health — wished after a sneeze.
- Source word
- Gesundheit
- Route into English
- Yiddish-influenced American English; rivals "bless you" in US usage.
- Arrived
- 1910s
English borrows.
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