Licorice

Morpheme

Licorice

Type

free base

Denotation

leguminous plant used as a medicine and sweet

Etymology

Middle English lycorys; Old French licoresse; Late Latin liquiritia; Ancient Greek glykýrrhiza, from glykýs + rhíza

Evidence

licorice

Notes

influence by unrelated liquor
licorice and glycyrrhiza are doublets

See Also

Gluc(e) [Gluce, Gluc], Rhiz(e) [Rhize, Rhiz], Liqu