Etymology

lohoch

lo·hoch
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Today it means: A medicine in a soft form taken by licking; a lambative, a linctus. Full definition →

Medieval Latin lohoc ← Arabic لَعْق
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromلَعْق“to lick”
  2. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromlohoc
  3. English todaylohoch

Borrowed from Medieval Latin lohoc, looch, from Arabic لَعْق (laʕq, “to lick”).

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