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

  1. pompous; snobbish; inclined to turn up one's...

Ancestry of “snooty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “snooty”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from English -y →Every word from Old English -iġ →