Etymology of the English word lickety-split
the English word
lickety-splitderived from the English word
splitderived from the Middle Dutch word
splittenderived from the Middle word
Dutchderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*splderived from the English word
lickderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leigh-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*likkonDate
The earliest known usage of lickety-split in English dates from the 19th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
