Where does “snack” come from?

Snack comes from Middle Dutch snacken, from Old Dutch snakkon, of uncertain ultimate origin.

snack (English): A light meal; An item of food eaten between...

Definitions

  1. A light meal; An item of food eaten between...

Ancestry of “snack”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsnackento snack
2Old Dutchsnakkon—

Words derived from “snack”

Every word from Old Dutch snakkon →Every word from Middle Dutch snacken →