English

Smugleaf

Compound of smug + leaf, coined before its official English name was revealed.

A compound of smug + leaf

Middle Low German smuk ‘lithe, delicate, neat, trim’

Low German smuk ‘pretty’

English smug

Proto-Germanic *laubą

Proto-West Germanic *laub

Old English lēaf

Middle English lef ‘Foliage’

English leaf

The story

Compound of smug + leaf, coined before its official English name was revealed.

name A nickname for the Pokémon Snivy.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Smugleaf