Where did the word gosh originate?

Answer 1

Like "Oh my gosh?". People say it instead of "Oh my God"

The word gosh is actually from the name of a land called Goshen. When people would say expressions out of anger like, "my word", "my land", or "for the land's sake". Sometimes they would say, "by Goshen" meaning the actual land of Goshen. Gosh was used as a short term for Goshen back then. Over time it slowly went from short term for Goshen, to a so-called polite way to say God in vain, which wasn't intentionally the true meaning.