Etymology

unkiss

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Today it means: To cancel or annul something that was done or sealed with a kiss. Full definition →

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

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

From un- + kiss.

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