Licker
/ˈlɪkər/noun
A person or thing that licks, or something that licks or is used for licking.
Did you know?‘Licker’ is built on the very old Germanic root *likk-/*likan-, the same family behind ‘lick,’ a word that has survived for centuries with its physical, almost primal force intact.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leiǵ-
“to lick”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*likkon / *likkōną
“to lick”
Old English
English
liccian
“to lick”
Middle English
English
likken
“to lick”
Modern English
English
licker
“one who licks; a device or creature that licks”