licour

Middle English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman licour, from Latin liquor (“fluidity; a liquid”).

Noun

licour

liquor
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 3-4.
  And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
  
  Of which vertu engendred is the flour;

Descendants

English: liquor

Old French

Alternative forms

licor, licur, liqueur, liquor, liquour, liquur

Etymology

From Latin liquor (“fluidity; a liquid”).

Noun

licour f (oblique plural licours, nominative singular licour, nominative plural licours)

liquid
alcoholic drink; liquor

Descendants

French: liqueur
Middle English: licour
- English: liquor

References

liquur on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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