lecher

lecher · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*leyǵʰ-“to lick”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*likkōną“to lick”
3. Frankish · derived from*likkōn“to lick”
4. Old French · derived fromlecher
5. Old French · derived fromlecheor“glutton, sensualist, libertine”
6. Middle English · inherited fromlechour
7. English todaylecher

From Middle English lechour, from Old French lecheor (“glutton, sensualist, libertine”) , from Old French lecher, lechier, lekier, lescher (“to lick, live in gluttony or sensuality”), from Old Frankish *likkōn (“to lick”), from Proto-Germanic *likkōną (“to lick”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”). More at lick.

Lecher · proper noun²

Americanized German surname, from Löcher, Locher.

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