Where does “snort” come from?
Snort comes from Middle English snorten, which derives from Middle English fnorten, with an uncertain ultimate origin and meaning.
snort (English): The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly...
Definitions
- The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly...
Ancestry of “snort”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | snorten | to snore, snort |
| 2 | Middle English | fnorten | to snore, snort |
| 3 | Old English | *fnorettan | to snort |
| 4 | Old English | fnora | a sneeze; sneezing |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *fnoʀō | a sneeze |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fnuzô | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pnew- | to pant, breathe |
Words derived from “snort”