Where does “liquoricey” come from?
liquoricey (English) comes from English liquorice, from English licorice, from Middle English lycorys, from Old French licoresse, from Latin liquiritia, from Latin glycyrrhiza, from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα, from Ancient Greek γλυκύς.
liquoricey (English): Resembling or characteristic of liquorice
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of liquorice
Ancestry of “liquoricey”, step by step
liquoricey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English liquorice
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | liquorice | Britain and Ireland standard spelling of licorice |
| 2 | English | licorice | The plant "Glycyrrhiza glabra", or sometimes in... |
| 3 | Middle English | lycorys | Liquorice root; Liquorice |
| 4 | Old French | licoresse | licorice |
| 5 | Latin | liquiritia | liquorice |
| 6 | Latin | glycyrrhiza | licorice root |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γλυκύρριζα | licorice |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γλυκύς | sweet |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *dlukús | — |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |