Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
seltzer
noun · first attested 18th century
Fizz is named for a German spring.
Carbonated water, sometimes flavored.
Record
- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 18th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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- Step 1
Selters
- Step 2
Selterswasser
- In English
seltzer
German Selterswasser named the mineral water of Selters. English shortened it to seltzer and then used it for manufactured soda water that had never seen the spring.
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