1553: schnapps Mar 15, 2019

English has a lot of words for alcohol, spirits, booze, liquors or whatever you want to call it, but at least one was lost over time due to specificity. In English, 'schnapps' refers to a particular type of liquor sweetened with fruits and other natural ingredients. However, in many other Germanic languages, it simply refers to any type of liquor. This is because the word 'schnapps' comes from the same root as 'snap', and has the same meaning as 'dram', as in a dram of liquor. 
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