Etymograph

English

snagging list

Snagging list comes from English snag ‘a problem’.

  1. English1500–presentsnag1‘a problem’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2004snagging list1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English snagging list
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2004, Julian Bridgewater, Home Electrics: “Let the electrician know at the outset that you…”.

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentsnagWiktionary, English snagging list‘a problem’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2004snagging listWiktionary, English snagging list. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2004, Julian Bridgewater, Home Electrics: “Let the electrician know at the outset that you…”

Made of the words snagging + list

Middle English lī̆st ‘band’

English list

Every English word from English snag

Today it means

noun The list of repairs and finish work required to complete a project, such as the construction of a building; a list of problems to correct.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “snagging list”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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