English
Snowmageddon
From snow + -mageddon or a blend of snow + Armageddon, popularized by Barack Obama in 2010.
A blend of snow + Armageddon
Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ- ‘to snow’
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Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz
Proto-West Germanic *snaiw
Old English snāw
Middle English snaw ‘snow’
English snow
Ancient Greek Ἁρμαγεδών
Late Latin Harmagedōn ‘Armageddon, the site of the final battle in…’
Old English Ermagedon
Middle English Hermagedon
English Armageddon
Today it means
name A severe blizzard or series of blizzards affecting one locale.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Snowmageddon