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Where does “licour” come from?

licour (Middle English) comes from Old French licour, from Latin liquor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -oss, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

licour (Middle English): liquid; juice, blood; A beverage or drink; a...

Definitions

  1. liquid; juice, blood; A beverage or drink; a...

Ancestry of “licour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlicourliquid; alcoholic drink; liquor
2Latinliquorfluidity, liquidity; a liquid, fluid; to be fluid...
3Latin-orused to form a third-declension masculine...
4Proto-Italic-ōsCreates masculine action nouns or result nouns...
5Proto-Indo-European-ōsCreates masculine and feminine action nouns or...
6Proto-Indo-European-oss—
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “licour”

  • liquor
  • antiliquor
  • liquory
  • liquorless
  • liquorlike
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