Snatch

Morpheme

Snatch

Type

free base

Denotation

grab, seize, sudden snap or bite

Etymology

Middle English snacchen, snecchen; of unknown origin but possibly from unattested Old English *snæċċan, *sneċċan or Middle Dutch snacken and probably ultimately of onomatopoeic origin

Evidence

snatch, snatched, snatcher, snatches, snatchier, snatchiest, snatching, snatchingly, snatchy, unsnatch, upsnatch