Where does “snooty” come from?
Snooty derives from English snoot plus the Middle English suffix -y, which comes from Middle French -ie, from Latin -ia, ultimately tracing through Latin -ivus and Proto-Indo-European -kos, a formative element used to create adjectives.
snooty (English): pompous; snobbish; inclined to turn up one's...
Definitions
- pompous; snobbish; inclined to turn up one's...
Ancestry of “snooty”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 2 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 3 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
Words derived from “snooty”