English
snape
Snape may come from English sneap ‘to nip, bite, pinch’.
- English1500–presentsneap‘to nip, bite, pinch’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2000snape
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentsneap‘to nip, bite, pinch’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2000snape
Earliest quotation: 2000, William L. Crothers, The American-built Clipper Ship: “It had to be accurately cut and trimmed, and…”
Every English word from English sneap
Today it means
verb To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English sneap / snape