Etymograph

English

touchproof

From touch + -proof.

Formed from touch + -proof

Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to draw, pull’

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Frankish *tukkōn ‘to knock, strike, touch’

Vulgar Latin *tuccō ‘to knock, strike’

Old French tochier ‘to touch’

Middle English touchen ‘to touch’

English touch

Today it means

adj Resistant to being smudged or smeared by touch.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “touchproof”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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