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