Where does “snack” come from?

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

snack (Spanish): snack

Definitions

  1. snack

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 →