Snot
/snɒt/noun
Mucus discharged from the nose.
Did you know?English snot is an old native word, and its history is tied to a wider Germanic family of words for mucus and nasal discharge rather than any magical or coded meaning.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*snutō
“nasal mucus; what comes from the nose”
Old English
English
snot
“nasal mucus; slimy discharge”
Middle English
English
snot
“mucus from the nose; later also a contemptuous term for a person”
Modern English
English
snot
“mucus discharged from the nose”