Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting. · To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact. · Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion. · To treat with fondness.
From Middle English kissen, kussen, from Old English cyssan (“to kiss”), from Proto-West Germanic *kussijan, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną (“to kiss”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian küsje, Dutch kussen, German Low German küssen, German küssen, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål kysse, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish kyssa. Compare Proto-Indo-European *ku-, *kus- (probably imitative), with descendants including Ancient Greek κύσσω (kússō), poetic form of κύσω (kúsō, “to kiss”), and Hittite [script needed] (kuwassanzi, “they kiss”).
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