English
liker
From like + -er (“agent noun suffix”).
A compound of like + -er ‘agent noun suffix’
Proto-Germanic *līką ‘body’
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Proto-Germanic *līkāną ‘to conform’
Proto-West Germanic *līkēn ‘to be pleasing’
Old English līcian ‘to like’
Middle English liken ‘to be appealing or pleasant’
English like
Today it means
noun One who likes.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / liker