Where does “lukrecja” come from?

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

lukrecja (Polish): licorice

Definitions

  1. licorice

Ancestry of “lukrecja”, step by step

lukrecja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Lakritze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLakritzeAlternative form of Lakritz
2Middle High Germanlakerize—
3Latinliquiritialiquorice
4Latinglycyrrhizalicorice root
5Ancient Greekγλυκύρριζαlicorice
6Ancient Greekγλυκύςsweet
7Proto-Hellenic*dlukús—

via Latin Lucretia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLucretia—

Words derived from “lukrecja”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dlukús →Every word from Ancient Greek γλυκύς →Every word from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα →