Etymograph

English

lickdish

From lick + dish.

A compound of lick + dish

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

Ancient Greek δικεῖν ‘to cast’

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Latin discus ‘a discus, quoit’

Proto-West Germanic *disk ‘table’

Old English disċ ‘plate’

Middle English dissh

English dish

Today it means

noun A gourmand; a glutton.

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

Etymograph / lickdish