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lec

Pronunciation: /leːt͡ʃ/

“lec” is an Old English word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. look, regard
  2. sight

adjective

  1. sweet

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lōki, from Proto-Germanic *lōkiz, *lōkijaz (“a look, view”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to look, see”). Cognate with Old English lōcian (“to look, see”), Old Saxon lōcōn (“to see”), Dutch leuk, geleuk (used in reference to dikes, “a look, survey"; in general, "good-looking”). More at look.

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