Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·german ·1910s
Spritz
from spritzen
- Meaning
- To squirt, spray.
- Source word
- spritzen
- Route into English
- Yiddish-influenced American English picked up the German verb; "spritzer" (drink) and "spritz" (small spray) both common by 1960s.
- Arrived
- 1910s
English borrows.
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