Etymograph

English

lichenic

From lichen + -ic.

Formed from lichen + -ic

Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- ‘to lick’

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Proto-Hellenic *léikʰō

Ancient Greek λείχω ‘to lick’

Ancient Greek λειχήν ‘Lichen-like disease affecting the skin of…’

Latin līchēn ‘a cryptogamic species of vegetation growing…’

English lichen

Today it means

adj Relating to, or obtained from lichens

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

Etymograph / lichenic