Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·german ·1830s
Zeitgeist
from Zeitgeist
- Meaning
- Time-spirit — the defining mood of a period.
- Source word
- Zeitgeist
- Route into English
- Coined by Herder in the 18th c.; entered English via 19th-c. cultural criticism.
- Arrived
- 1830s
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