English
lippitude
Lippitude comes from Latin lippitūdō ‘bleariness’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *leyp- ‘to smear, stick’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leyp-‘to smear, stick’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lipnosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElippus‘bleary-eyed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElippitūdō‘bleariness’
- Englishtodaylippitude
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leyp-‘to smear, stick’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lipnosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElippus‘bleary-eyed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElippitūdō‘bleariness’
- Englishtodaylippitude
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leyp- ‘to smear, stick’
life, leave, live, living, twelve, eleven, lib, lipid, lave, lipa, 18 more
Today it means
noun soreness of the eyes; blearedness
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leyp- / lippitude