Where does “snap-happy” come from?
snap-happy (English) comes from English happy, from Middle English happy, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
snap-happy (English): Overly fond of and inclined to take photographs
Definitions
- Overly fond of and inclined to take photographs
Ancestry of “snap-happy”, step by step
snap-happy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English happy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | happy | Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of... |
| 2 | Middle English | happy | fortunate, happy |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |