Etymology · Middle English
leche
5 English words descend from Middle English leche, most common first.
- leachA quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
- leechA typically aquatic blood-sucking annelid of the subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
- LetcherA surname originating as an occupation.
- letchStrong desire; passion.
- leechbookA medical text of the Anglo-Saxon era; a compilation of medicinal cures and remedies used by leeches.