Etymology

Gewirtz

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Today it means: A surname from Yiddish. Full definition →

Yiddish געװירץ
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  1. Yiddish · borrowed fromגעװירץ“spices”
  2. English todayGewirtz

Borrowed from Yiddish געװירץ (gevirts, “spices”), a metonymic occupational surname for a spicer. Compare German Gewürz (“spice”).

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