Where does “snapshot” come from?
Snapshot comes from English shot and Dutch snappen, ultimately from Proto-Germanic skutą, meaning a quick or sudden action.
snapshot (English): A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in...
Definitions
- A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in...
Ancestry of “snapshot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | shot | Worn out or broken; Woven from warp and weft... |
| 2 | Middle English | schot | — |
| 3 | Old English | Scot | Scot |
| 4 | Old Norse | skot | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skutą | shot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewd- | to advance, push; to drive, propel |
Words derived from “snapshot”