Etymology

eyeliner

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Today it means: Makeup used to outline the eye, generally applied along or close to the lashline. Full definition →

English liner ← Middle English eye ← Old English ēage
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ekʷ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*augô
  3. Proto-West Germanic*augā
  4. Old Englishēage
  5. Middle Englisheye
  6. Englisheye
  7. Englishline
  8. Englishliner
  9. English todayeyeliner

From eye + liner.

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