Etymology

snotbox

S1N1O1T1B3O1X8

Today it means: A nose Full definition →

English box ← Middle English box ← Old English box
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*snuttuz
  2. Old Englishġesnot
  3. Middle Englishsnot
  4. Englishsnot
  5. Ancient Greekπῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
  6. Ancient Greekπυξίς (puxís)
  7. Late Latinbuxis
  8. Proto-West Germanic*buhsā
  9. Old Englishbox
  10. Middle Englishbox
  11. Englishbox
  12. English todaysnotbox

From snot + box.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.