liquiritia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γλῠκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza), later reanalyzed as the root *liqu- pertaining to liquids (cfr. liqueo, liquor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (“to flow, run”)) + the suffix -itia.

Noun

liquiritia f (genitive liquiritiae); first declension

liquorice

Descendants

Old French: licoresse (see there for further descendants)
Spanish: regaliz
Portuguese: regaliz
Italian: liquirizia
Sicilian: rigulizzia

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