Origin of lip
before 1000; Middle English lip(pe), Old English lippa; cognate with Dutch lip, German Lippe; akin to Norwegian lepe, Latin labium
button
[buht-n]
noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Origin of button
1275–1325; Middle English boto(u)n < Anglo-French: rosehip, button, stud; Middle French boton, equivalent to boter to butt3 + -on noun suffix
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Related Words for button up
shut, engage, join, seal, press, close, exceed, finish, complete, beat, cover, clinch, crown, surpass, eclipse, shutter, do, end, halt, concludebutton up
verb (tr, adverb)
button
noun
verb
Word Origin for button
C14: from Old French boton, from boter to thrust, butt, of Germanic origin; see butt ³
lip
noun
verb lips, lipping or lipped
See also lip out
Word Origin for lip
Old English lippa; related to Old High German leffur, Norwegian lepe, Latin labium
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lip
[lĭp]
n.
button
[bŭt′n]
n.
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