Where does “snippet” come from?

Snippet comes from English snip plus the Dutch diminutive suffix snippen, which derives from Old French -et, Latin -atus, Proto-Italic -ātos, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European -eh₂tos and -tós.

snippet (English): A small part of something, such as a song or...

Definitions

  1. A small part of something, such as a song or...

Ancestry of “snippet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsnipTo cut with short sharp actions, as with...
2Dutchsnippenplural of snip; to snip; shred; to chop

Words derived from “snippet”

Every word from Dutch snippen →Every word from English snip →