English

facelick

From face + lick.

A compound of face + lick

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

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Latin faciēs ‘form’

Late Latin facia

Old French face

Middle English face

English face

Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- ‘to lick’

Proto-Germanic *likkōną ‘to lick’

Proto-West Germanic *likkōn ‘to lick’

Old English liccian ‘to lick’

Middle English likken ‘to lick’

English lick

Today it means

noun A lick applied to a face.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / facelick