( sometimes initial capital letter ) a naturally effervescent mineral water containing common salt and small quantities of sodium, calcium, and magnesium carbonates.
2.
tap water that has been commercially filtered, carbonated, and bottled with no addition of minerals or mineral salts.
Also called seltzer water.
Origin: 1735–45; < GermanSelterser named after Selters, a village near Wiesbaden; see -er1
1741, from Ger. Selterser (Wasser), a kind of mineral water, lit. "of Selters," village near Weisbaden in Hesse-Nassau, where the mineral water is found.