English
lingence
Lingence comes from Latin lingō ‘to lick’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leyǵʰ-‘to lick’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lingōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElingōas lingere‘to lick’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1662lingence
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leyǵʰ-‘to lick’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lingōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElingōas lingere‘to lick’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1662lingence
Earliest quotation: a. 1662, Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England: “Great the use thereof in Physick, it being found…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- ‘to lick’
lick, lichen, lecherous, slake, 3 more
through Latin lingō ‘to lick’
Today it means
noun A linctus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- / lingence