Etymology

snotty

S1N1O1T1T1Y4

Today it means: Running or dirtied with mucus. Full definition →

English snot ← Middle English snot ← Old English ġesnot
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*snuttuz
  2. Old Englishġesnot
  3. Middle Englishsnot
  4. Englishsnot
  5. English todaysnotty

From snot + -y.

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