liquiritia

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Latin

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Etymology

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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

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liquiritia f (genitive liquiritiae); first declension

  1. liquorice

Descendants

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