köken: From Middle High German lakerize, from Old French licorece or directly from Medieval Latin, from Late Latin liquiritia, from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza, “sweet root”).
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: From Middle Dutch drope (“drop”), from Old Dutch dropo, from Proto-Germanic *drupô. When unsuffixed, drop is more common than drup, but suffixed druppel is more common than droppel; this is likely due to the effects of i-umlaut triggered by the suffix -el. Indeed, drup is assumed to be based on druppel, as drop is the linguistically expected form (Germanic *u becomes Dutch o). The sense…
köken: Borrowed from German Lakritze, from Middle High German lakerize, from Old French licorece, from Medieval Latin liquiritia, from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza).