Where does “snooter” come from?

snooter (English) comes from English snoot, from Scots snoot, from Middle English snowte, from Old Dutch snūt, from Proto-Germanic snūtaz — snout.

snooter (English): A snooty person

Definitions

  1. A snooty person

Ancestry of “snooter”, step by step

snooter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English snoot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsnootAn elitist individual; one who looks down upon...
2Scotssnootsnout, face, head; a projecting point of land;...
3Middle EnglishsnowteAn animal's snout or trunk; The nose of a person;...
4Old Dutchsnūt
5Proto-Germanicsnūtazsnout

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Germanic snūtazEvery word from Old Dutch snūtEvery word from Middle English snowte
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