The first records of huzzah come from the late 1500s. It is thought to comefrom a word that sailors used to shout in celebration. It may derive from the word hoise, meaning “to hoist”—which they'd shout when hoisting (raising) something, like the sails of the ship. What does huzza...
The word hurrah is a more modern form, also related to similar words in European languages. The OED states: "In English the form hurrah is literary and dignified; hooray is usual in popular acclamation."The term huzzah has been adopted, with no change in meaning, by modern game...