Etymograph

English

leechery

leech + -ery.

Formed from leech + -ery

Old English lǣċe ‘blood-sucking worm’

Middle English leche ‘blood-sucking worm’

English leech

Today it means

noun The work of a horse-leech; veterinary medicine dealing with horses.

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

Etymograph / leechery