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Where does “chickenlips” come from?

chickenlips (English) comes from English lips, from English Philips, from English Philip, from Middle English Philip, from Ancient Greek φίλιππος, from Ancient Greek φιλέω, from Ancient Greek ἀτέλεια, from Ancient Greek ἀ- — together, one.

chickenlips (English): A white person

Definitions

  1. A white person

Ancestry of “chickenlips”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishlipsplural of lip; Third-person singular simple...
2EnglishPhilips—
3EnglishPhilip—
4Middle EnglishPhilip—
5Ancient Greekφίλιπποςfond of horses
6Ancient GreekφιλέωI love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,...
7Ancient Greekἀτέλεια—
8Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
9Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
10Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
11Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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