Gewirtz

name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Yiddish.

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish געװירץ (gevirts, “spices”), a metonymic occupational surname for a spicer. Compare German Gewürz (“spice”).

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