likam

Meaning

Noun

• The human body.
• A dead body; corpse.
• Likeness; face; countenance.

Origin

• From Middle English likam, licam, licame, lichame, from Old English līchama ("body"), from Proto-Germanic *līkahamô, equivalent to like + hame. In Old English, līchama was the general term for "body," while līċ had come to mean a dead body specifically. Cognate with Scots lekame ("body"), West Frisian lichem ("body"), Dutch lichaam ("body"), German Leichnam ("body, corpse"), Danish legeme ("body"), Swedish lekamen ("body"), Icelandic líkami ("body").