Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·german ·1820s
Pretzel
from Brezel
- Meaning
- Knot-shaped bread (from Latin *brachiatus*, "having branches/arms" — the shape).
- Source word
- Brezel
- Route into English
- Bavarian monastic baking → German immigration to Pennsylvania → American snack food by 1900.
- Arrived
- 1820s
English borrows.
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