English
licheno-
From lichen + -o-.
Formed from lichen + -o-
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
prefix lichen
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / licheno-