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English word lip comes from Proto-Indo-European *leb-, and later Proto-Germanic *lepô ((anatomy) lip.)

*leb- (Proto-Indo-European)

to hang down, to hang loosely , to hang loosely, droop, sag, blade, to hang down, droop

*lepô (Proto-Germanic)

(anatomy) lip.

*lipjô (Proto-Germanic)

(anatomy) lip.

lippa (Old English)

lippe (Middle English)

(anatomy) lip.

lip (English)

(botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.. (botany) The distinctive petal of the Orchis family.. (by extension, countable) The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout.. (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.. (music, colloquial) Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's [...]

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