Where does “snap” come from?

snap (Spanish) comes from English snap, from Dutch snappen, from Middle Dutch snappen.

snap (Spanish): snap photograph

Definitions

  1. snap photograph

Ancestry of “snap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsnapA quick breaking or cracking sound or the action...
2Dutchsnappento get, to understand; to catch in the act
3Middle Dutchsnappen—
Every word from Middle Dutch snappen →