Where does “dimpleplasty” come from?

dimpleplasty (English) comes from English dimple, from Middle English dympull, from Proto-Germanic dumpilaz.

dimpleplasty (English): A surgical operation to give a person dimples in their cheeks

Definitions

  1. A surgical operation to give a person dimples in their cheeks

Ancestry of “dimpleplasty”, step by step

dimpleplasty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English dimple

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdimpleA small depression or indentation in a surface;...
2Middle Englishdympull—
3Proto-Germanicdumpilaz—

via English plasty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishplasty—
Every word from Proto-Germanic dumpilaz →Every word from Middle English dympull →Every word from English dimple →