Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·german ·1780s
Waltz
from Walzer
- Meaning
- A turning dance (from German *walzen*, to roll).
- Source word
- Walzer
- Route into English
- Austrian/German aristocratic ballroom 1750s → European court dance → mainstream by 1820.
- Arrived
- 1780s
English borrows.
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