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Definition of prosit - 4 dictionary results

pro⋅sit

[Eng. proh-sit, -zit]
–interjection
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
Also, prost.


Origin:
1840–50; < G < L: lit., may it benefit, 3rd person sing. pres. subj. of prodesse to be beneficial
pro·sit   (prōst, prō'zĭt)   
interj.  Used as a toast to someone's health while drinking.

[German, from Latin prōsit, may it benefit, third person sing. subjunctive of prōdesse, to benefit; see proud.]

Prosit

Pro"sit\, interj. [L., 3d pers. sing. subj. present of prodesse to do good; pro for + esse to be.] Lit., may it do (you) good; -- a salutation used in well wishing, esp. among Germans, as in drinking healths.
Language Translation for : prosit
Spanish: suplicar,
German: bitten,
Japanese: 懇願する

prosit 
1846, toast or expression wishing good health (from 16c., famously a drinking pledge by Ger. students), from L., lit. "may it advantage (you)," third person sing. present subjunctive of prodesse "to do good, be profitable," from pro- "for" + esse "to be."
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