The story
- Old French · derived fromlicorece
- Dutch · derived fromlakkeris
- Scots · derived fromalicreesh
- English todaysugarallie
From sugar + Scots alicreesh, allacreesh (“liquorice”), earlier alacreische, probably through Dutch lakkeris from Old French licorece, licoresse, whence English licorice, liquorice.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.