Etymology

lipstick

lip·stick
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Today it means: Makeup for the lips. Full definition →

English stick ← Middle English stikke ← Old English sticca
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The story

  1. Englishlip
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*stignéh₂-
  4. Proto-Germanic*stikkōną
  5. Proto-Germanic*stikkô
  6. Proto-West Germanic*stikkō
  7. Old Englishsticca
  8. Middle Englishstikke
  9. Englishstick
  10. English todaylipstick

From lip + stick.

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