English

lipprint

From lip + print.

A compound of lip + print

Proto-Indo-European *leb- ‘to hang loosely, droop, sag’

Proto-Germanic *lepô

Proto-West Germanic *lippjō

Old English lippa

Middle English lippe

English lip

Latin imprimō ‘to press into, imprint’

Middle English emprinten ‘to impress, imprint’

Middle English *printen

English print

Today it means

noun The patterns left on a surface by one's lips, typically by lipstick or saliva.

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Etymograph / lipprint