liquor

The story

1. Latin · derived fromliquor“fluidity, liquidness, a fluid, a liquid”
2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromlicour
3. Middle English · inherited fromlicour
4. English todayliquor

From Middle English licour, from Anglo-Norman licour, from Latin liquor (“fluidity, liquidness, a fluid, a liquid”), from liquere (“to be fluid or liquid”); see liquid. Doublet of liqueur.