osculate
Meaningto kiss
Common meaning: to kiss
Other meanings: touch
- oscula little mouth; a kissLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1282 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
Journey through time
- Latinōsculum, -ī‘a little mouth’
- Englishosculate‘to kiss’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin ōsculum ‘a little mouth; a kiss’.
Roots
- ōsculum, -ī Latin “a little mouth; a kiss”
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