Etymograph

English

kissfest

From kiss + -fest.

Formed from kiss + -fest

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

noun An encounter featuring a lot of kissing.

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

Etymograph / kissfest