Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
seltzer water
noun · first attested 18th century
Seltzer is a worn-down spelling of Selters, a spring village in Hesse.
Plain carbonated water, with no added minerals or flavoring.
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- 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
Niederselters
- In English
seltzer water
Naturally fizzy water from the springs at Niederselters was shipped across Europe in stoneware jugs, and Selterswasser became a generic term that English borrowed as seltzer. Once carbonation could be manufactured anywhere, the word outlived the trade that produced it.
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