Where does “snaggletoothed” come from?
snaggletoothed (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 — sporadically attested in early Christian inscriptions from Gaul.
snaggletoothed (English): Having misaligned, broken, missing or otherwise...
Definitions
- Having misaligned, broken, missing or otherwise...
Ancestry of “snaggletoothed”, step by step
snaggletoothed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English snaggle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | snaggle | A tangled, knotted, or intertwined mass; To... |
| 2 | English | Le | the |
| 3 | French | lé | breadth, width; strip, length |
| 4 | French | moine | monk |
| 5 | Middle French | moine | monk |
| 6 | Old French | monie | monk |
| 7 | Latin | monicus | sporadically attested in early Christian inscriptions from Gaul |
via English toothed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | toothed | Having teeth; Having projections resembling... |
| 2 | English | tooth | A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth... |
| 3 | Middle English | toth | Alternative form of tothe |
| 4 | Old English | tōþ | tooth |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tanþs | tooth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |