Etymology

kissable

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Today it means: Capable of being kissed. Full definition →

English kiss ← Middle English kissen ← Old English cyssan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kw(e)s-
  2. Proto-Germanic*kussaz
  3. Proto-Germanic*kussijaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*kussijan
  5. Old Englishcyssan
  6. Middle Englishkissen
  7. Englishkiss
  8. English todaykissable

From kiss + -able.

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