Where does “snuffee” come from?

snuffee (English) comes from English snuff, from Dutch snuf, from Dutch snuffen — to snuff.

snuffee (English): The participant in a snuff film who is killed

Definitions

  1. The participant in a snuff film who is killed

Ancestry of “snuffee”, step by step

snuffee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English snuff

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsnuffFinely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for...
2Dutchsnufsmell, odor; snuff, sniffle
3Dutchsnuffento snuff

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese噫—
Every word from Dutch snuffen →Every word from Dutch snuf →Every word from English snuff →