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prosit
[proh-sit, -zit]
interjection
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions.)
prosit
/ ˈproːzɪt /
interjection
good health! cheers!
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prosit1
First recorded in 1840–50; from German, from Latin: literally, “may it benefit,” 3rd-person singular present subjunctive of prodesse “to benefit”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prosit1
German, from Latin, literally: may it prove beneficial
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Example Sentences
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Skoal, and likewise prosit, Dr. Fell.
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Over the next few weeks, bars and beer gardens around the world will be full of customers hoisting giant one-liter steins of German beer and bellowing their way through “Ein Prosit.”
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Cheers, or as Germans say, prosit!
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A Munich band flown in for the event struck up "Ein Prosit," a song whose title refers to a German toast.
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“Quid tum prosit honor glorie divitie.”
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