The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromγλυκύρριζα“sweet root, licorice”
- English todayglycyrrhiza
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza, “sweet root, licorice”). Doublet of licorice.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekγλυκύρριζα all →
licorice
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.