PROSIT Definition & Meaning

prosit

[ English proh-sit, -zit ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

interjection

(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions.)

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interjection

good health! cheers!

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51�Թ� 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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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of prosit¹

German, from Latin, literally: may it prove beneficial

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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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