Where does “snaggletooth” come from?
snaggletooth (English) comes from English snaggle, from English Le, from French lé, from French moine, from Middle French moine, from Old French monie, from Latin monicus.
snaggletooth (English): A tooth inside the mouth that is unaligned or...
Definitions
- A tooth inside the mouth that is unaligned or...
Ancestry of “snaggletooth”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | snaggle | A tangled, knotted, or intertwined mass; To... |
| 2 | English | Le | — |
| 3 | French | lé | breadth, width; strip, length |
| 4 | French | moine | monk |
| 5 | Middle French | moine | monk |
| 6 | Old French | monie | — |
| 7 | Latin | monicus | — |