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Where does “nippleless” come from?

nippleless (English) comes from English nipple, from English neple, from English NIB, from English neb, from Middle English neb, from Old English nebb, from Proto-Germanic nabją — beak; nose.

nippleless (English): Without nipples; without covering for nipples

Definitions

  1. Without nipples; without covering for nipples

Ancestry of “nippleless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnippleThe projection of a mammary gland from which, on...
2Englishneple—
3EnglishNIBOf a product that is the subject of a consumer...
4EnglishnebA bird's beak or bill; A person's mouth; A...
5Middle Englishnebface, nose
6Old Englishnebbneb, nib; bill, beak; nose; cartilage of the nose
7Proto-Germanicnabjąbeak; nose
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