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English word smooch comes from Proto-Indo-European *smeg-, Middle English smaken (To taste, smack.)

*smeg- (Proto-Indo-European)

to taste

smaken (Middle English)

To taste, smack.

*smakkuz (Proto-Germanic)

Taste, savour, smatch, flavour.

smæc (Old English)

smæcc (Old English)

smacke (Middle English)

smack (English)

As if with a smack or slap (New Zealand) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (US spank). To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.. To slap someone, or to make a smacking sound.. To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat. (intransitive) To have a particular [...]

smooch (English)

(informal) A kiss. (informal) To kiss.

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