Etymology

snappy

S1N1A1P3P3Y4

Today it means: Rapid and without delay. Full definition →

English snap ← Low German snappen ← Dutch snappen
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The story

  1. Middle Dutchsnappen
  2. Dutchsnappen
  3. Low Germansnappen
  4. Englishsnap
  5. English todaysnappy

From snap + -y.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.