Where does “lipprint” come from?

lipprint (English) comes from English print, from Middle English printen, from Middle English emprinten, from Old French empreinter, from Old French empreindre, from Latin imprimere, from Latin imprimo, from Latin īn- — in.

lipprint (English): The patterns left on a surface by one's lips, typically by lipstick or saliva

Definitions

  1. The patterns left on a surface by one's lips, typically by lipstick or saliva

Ancestry of “lipprint”, step by step

lipprint traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English print

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprintOf, relating to, or writing for printed...
2Middle Englishprinten
3Middle Englishemprinten
4Old Frenchempreinter
5Old Frenchempreindre
6Latinimprimeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatinimprimoI press, impress; I print, imprint, stamp
8Latinīn-un-, non-, not
9Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English lip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlipEither of the two fleshy protrusions around the...
2Germanlippelip
3Yiddishליפּlip
4Middle High Germanlippe
5Old High German*lippa
6Proto-Germanic*lippjō
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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