English
smatter
Smatter comes from Middle English smateren.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500smateren
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1521smatter
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500smateren
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1521smatter
Earliest quotation: a. 1521, John Heywood, A Mery Play betwene the Pardoner and the Frere: “What ſtandyſt thou there⸝ all the day ſmatterynge”.
Every English word from Middle English smateren
Today it means
verb To make (someone or something) dirty; to bespatter, to soil.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English smateren / smatter