Etymograph

English

Liverpool kiss

Liverpool kiss comes from English Liverpool ‘city in England’.

  1. English1500–presentLiverpool‘city in England’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1998Liverpool kiss

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentLiverpool‘city in England’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1998Liverpool kiss

Earliest quotation: 1998, Jock Barnes, Never a White Flag: The Memoirs of Jock Barnes: “Hamblyn flew into a rage and butted Alec in…”

A compound of Liverpool ‘city in England’ + kiss

Old English *Liferpōl

English Liverpool

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

Every English word from English Liverpool

Today it means

noun A headbutt.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / English Liverpool / Liverpool kiss

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