Where does “lipstick” come from?

Lipstick derives from English stick and Middle English lippe, from Old English sticca and Proto-Germanic lipjô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European leb-.

lipstick (English): Makeup for the lips; A stick of this make-up; To...

Definitions

  1. Makeup for the lips; A stick of this make-up; To...

Ancestry of “lipstick”, step by step

lipstick traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English lip

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

via English stick

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstickAn elongated piece of wood or similar material,...
2Middle Englishstikketwig, branch; kindling, twigs used as a...
3Old Englishsticcastick
4Proto-West Germanic*stikkōstick, pole

Words derived from “lipstick

Every word from Proto-Germanic *lippjō