Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “lakerize” come from?

lakerize (Middle High German) comes from Latin liquiritia, from Latin glycyrrhiza, from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα, from Ancient Greek γλυκύς, from Proto-Hellenic *dlukús.

Ancestry of “lakerize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinliquiritia—
2Latinglycyrrhiza—
3Ancient Greekγλυκύρριζαlicorice
4Ancient Greekγλυκύςsweet
5Proto-Hellenic*dlukús—
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