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In the _Canterbury Tales_, E 1057, he has _kesse_, to kiss (A.S. _cyssan_), to rime with _stedfastnesse_.
English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day 1873
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* The word kiss comes from the Old English cyssan from the proto-Germanic kussijanan or kuss, which is probably based on the sound kissing can make.
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