Etymograph

English

snite

Snite comes from Middle English snyte, and goes back to Old English snite.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150snite1
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500snyte1
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1630snite1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English snite
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1630, Thomas Randolph: “Larks , thrushes , quails , woodcocks , snites…”.

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150sniteWiktionary, English snite
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500snyteWiktionary, English snite
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1630sniteWiktionary, English snite. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1630, Thomas Randolph: “Larks , thrushes , quails , woodcocks , snites…”

Every English word from Old English snite

Today it means

noun A snipe.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “snite”. 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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