English

snotface

From snot + face.

A compound of snot + face

Proto-Germanic *snuttuz ‘nasal mucus’

Proto-West Germanic *snott

Old English ġesnot ‘nasal mucus’

Middle English snot ‘Snot, mucus’

English snot

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

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Latin faciēs ‘form’

Late Latin facia

Old French face

Middle English face

English face

Today it means

noun A term of abuse.

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

Etymograph / snotface