Etymology

snare

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Today it means: A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather). Full definition →

Middle English snare ← Old English sneare ← Proto-West Germanic *snarhā
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snare · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*snarhǭ“a sling; loop; noose”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*snarhā
  3. Old English · inherited fromsneare“snare, noose”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromsnare
  5. English todaysnare

From Middle English snare, from Old English sneare (“snare, noose”), from Proto-West Germanic *snarhā, from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ (“a sling; loop; noose”). Cognate with Old Norse snara. Also related to German Schnur and Dutch snaar, snoer.

Snare · proper noun2

* As a Norwegian surname, from several farms whose name derive from snar (“thicket, brushwood”), perhaps related to Old Norse snarpr (“coarse, rough, sharp”). * As an English surname, variant of Snarr.

SNARE · noun3

Short for SNAP receptor.

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