Where does “snack” come from?

snack (French) comes from English snack, from Middle Dutch snacken, from Old Dutch snakkon.

snack (French): snack bar

Definitions

  1. snack bar

Ancestry of “snack”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsnackA light meal; An item of food eaten between...
2Middle Dutchsnackento snack
3Old Dutchsnakkon—
Every word from Old Dutch snakkon →Every word from Middle Dutch snacken →Every word from English snack →
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