Etymograph

English

licksome

Uncertain.

Formed from lick + -some

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

adj Pleasant; agreeable; amiable; handsome; neat

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

Etymograph / licksome