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Snoop

2 stages from Dutch to English.

Today it means to investigate or pry into someone's private affairs secretly
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Stage 1 of 2
snoepen
Dutch · medieval
"to eat sweets in secret"
meaning "to eat sweets secretly"
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Stage 2 of 2
snoop
English · 1800s
"to pry into someone's affairs secretly"
adopted through Dutch settlers in colonial America, broadened to secret prying
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