prosit
Americaninterjection
interjection
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of prosit
First recorded in 1840–50; from German, from Latin: literally, “may it benefit,” 3rd-person singular present subjunctive of prodesse “to benefit”
Example Sentences
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Skoal, and likewise prosit, Dr. Fell.
From New York Times
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.”
From Washington Post
Cheers, or as Germans say, prosit!
From Seattle Times
A Munich band flown in for the event struck up "Ein Prosit," a song whose title refers to a German toast.
“Quid tum prosit honor glorie divitie.”
From Project Gutenberg
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