Etymology

lisp

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Today it means: The act or a habit of lisping. Full definition →

Middle English lispen ← Old English *wlispian ← Proto-Germanic *wlispaz
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lisp · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wlis-
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*wlispaz“lisping”
  3. Old English · derived fromwlisp
  4. Old English · inherited from*wlispian
  5. Middle English · inherited fromlispen
  6. English todaylisp

From Middle English lispen, lipsen, wlispen, from Old English *wlispian (attested in āwlyspian (“to lisp”)), from Old English wlisp, wlips (“stammering, lisping”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *wlispaz (“lisping”), from Proto-Indo-European *wlis-, *wleys- (“rod”), from *wel- (“to turn, roll”). Cognate with Middle Low German wlispen (“to lisp”), Dutch lispen (“to lisp”), German lispeln (“to lisp”), Danish læspe (“to lisp”), Swedish läspa (“to lisp”).

Lisp · proper noun2

A contraction of list processing.

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