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Where does “lipstickless” come from?

lipstickless (English) comes from English lipstick, from English lip, from German lippe, from Yiddish ליפּ, from Middle High German lippe, from Old High German *lippa, from Proto-Germanic *lippjō.

lipstickless (English): Without lipstick

Definitions

  1. Without lipstick

Ancestry of “lipstickless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlipstickMakeup for the lips; A stick of this make-up; To...
2EnglishlipEither of the two fleshy protrusions around the...
3Germanlippe—
4Yiddishליפּlip
5Middle High Germanlippe—
6Old High German*lippa—
7Proto-Germanic*lippjō—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *lippjō →