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snacken
Dutch · medieval
"to snap, bite"
an imitative word for the snap of teeth biting
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snacke
Middle English · c. 1300
"to bite or snap"
borrowed as a verb meaning to snap or bite at something
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snack
English · mid-1700s onward
"a small amount of food eaten between meals"
shifted from the act of biting to the small bite of food itself
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