English

snotbox

From snot + box.

Formed from snot + box

Proto-Germanic *snuttuz ‘nasal mucus’

Proto-West Germanic *snott

Old English ġesnot ‘nasal mucus’

Middle English snot ‘Snot, mucus’

English snot

Late Latin buxis ‘box’

Proto-West Germanic *buhsā ‘box’

Old English box ‘box, case’

Middle English box ‘container’

English box

Today it means

noun A nose

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