The story
- Old French · derived from*lecherous
- Anglo-Norman · derived from*likerous
- Middle English · inherited fromlikerous
- English todaylickerous
From Middle English likerous, lykerous, likrus, from Anglo-Norman *likerous, *lekerous (“dainty”), apparently an unassibilated variant (compare lekeor, leckeur variants of lecheor, lichieor (“glutton, lecher”)) of Old French *lecherous ("dainty, wanton"; > English lecherous); see lecherous.
Words from the same roots
Old French*lecherous all →
lecherous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.