Etymograph

English

lickability

From lick + -ability.

Formed from lick + -ability

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 The degree in which something is lickable.

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

Etymograph / lickability