köken: Inherited from Old French regulisse, ricolisse, metathesized form of licoresse (whence English licorice, liquorice), from Late Latin liquiritia, alteration of Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza): γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) + ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”).
köken: From Latin liquiritia, from Ancient Greek γλῠκύρριζα (glŭkúrrhiza), from γλῠκύς (glŭkús, “sweet”) + ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”). Compare Sicilian rigulizzia.
köken: Borrowed from German Lakritze, from Middle High German lakerize, from Old French licorece, from Medieval Latin liquiritia, from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza).
süß + Holz, inherited from Middle High German süezholz, a calque of Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza) from γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) + ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”).