Where does “snob” come from?
snob (Yiddish) comes from Spanish bola, from Provençal bola, from Latin bulla, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
Ancestry of “snob”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | bola | ball; hitchhiking, free ride; testicle |
| 2 | Provençal | bola | — |
| 3 | Latin | bulla | a bubble; a swollen or bubble-shaped object,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |