nosh

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   from Yiddish, a snack or light meal

   Let's grab a nosh at the kiosk.

Simplified etymology

Nosh entered English from Yiddish in the late 19th century as a word associated with food or eating.

From Yiddish נאַשן (nashn), from Middle High German naschen (“nibble”) (which is also the parent of German naschen), from Old High German naskōn (“to nibble; parasite”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnaskwōn (“to weaken; make soft; tenderise”). Doublet of nesh.

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