English
Kissgate
From kiss + -gate.
Formed from kiss + -gate
Proto-Indo-European *kw(e)s- ‘to kiss’
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Proto-Germanic *kussijaną ‘to kiss’
Proto-West Germanic *kussijan ‘to kiss’
Old English cyssan ‘to kiss’
Middle English kissen ‘to kiss’
English kiss
Today it means
name Any of various scandals involving public figures kissing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Kissgate