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Frankfurter

3 stages from German to English.

Today it means a smoked sausage, typically served in a long bread roll as a hot dog
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Frankfurt
German · medieval
"the city of Frankfurt"
the German city associated with a style of smoked sausage
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Frankfurter
German · 1800s
"a Frankfurt-style sausage"
named the smoked sausage in the Frankfurt style
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frankfurter
English · 1800s-1900s
"a smoked sausage served in a bun"
brought to the US by German immigrants
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