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Where does “frankfurter” come from?

frankfurter (English) comes from German Frankfurter, from German Frankfurt.

frankfurter (English): A moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor,...

Definitions

  1. A moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor,...

Ancestry of “frankfurter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFrankfurterFrankfurter; a Vienna sausage
2GermanFrankfurt—

Words derived from “frankfurter”

  • -furter
  • turkeyfurter
  • chickenfurter
  • shrimpfurter
  • krautfurter
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