Etymology

snakebite

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Today it means: The bite of a snake. Full definition →

English bite ← Middle English biten ← Old English bītan
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*sneganą
  2. Proto-Germanic*snakaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*snakan
  4. Proto-West Germanic*snakō
  5. Old Englishsnaca
  6. Middle Englishsnake
  7. Englishsnake
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeyd-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéydt
  10. Proto-Germanic*bītaną
  11. Proto-West Germanic*bītan
  12. Old Englishbītan
  13. Middle Englishbiten
  14. Englishbite
  15. English todaysnakebite

From snake + bite.

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