Where does “liquirizia” come from?

liquirizia (Italian) comes from Latin liquiritia, from Latin glycyrrhiza, from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα, from Ancient Greek γλυκύς, from Proto-Hellenic *dlukús.

liquirizia (Italian): liquorice

Definitions

  1. liquorice

Ancestry of “liquirizia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinliquiritialiquorice
2Latinglycyrrhizalicorice root
3Ancient Greekγλυκύρριζαlicorice
4Ancient Greekγλυκύςsweet
5Proto-Hellenic*dlukús—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dlukús →Every word from Ancient Greek γλυκύς →Every word from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα →