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Where does “unlipsticked” come from?

unlipsticked (English) comes from English lipsticked, 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.

unlipsticked (English): Not wearing lipstick

Definitions

  1. Not wearing lipstick

Ancestry of “unlipsticked”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlipstickedDecorated with lipstick
2EnglishlipstickMakeup for the lips; A stick of this make-up; To...
3EnglishlipEither of the two fleshy protrusions around the...
4Germanlippe—
5Yiddishליפּlip
6Middle High Germanlippe—
7Old High German*lippa—
8Proto-Germanic*lippjō—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *lippjō →