The story
- German · derived fromnass“wet”
- German · borrowed fromNassau
- English todayNassau
Borrowed from German Nassau, from German nass (“wet”). The Bahamian city is named after the German one.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nassau
Today it means: A wager consisting essentially of three separate bets, for the best score on each of the front nine (holes 1–9), back nine (holes 10–18), and total 18 holes. Full definition →
German Nassau