English
snout
Snout comes from Middle English snowte.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500snowte
- Englishearliest quotation 1662snout
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500snowte
- Englishearliest quotation 1662snout
Earliest quotation: 1662, [The First Part of Hudibras]: “Whether his snout a perfect nose is, And not…”
Every English word from Middle English snowte
Today it means
noun The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English snowte / snout