An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Lakritze

by Friedrich Kluge

Lakritze, f., ‘licorice,’ from the equiv. late MidHG. lakerítze; from MidLat. liquirítia (the a in the first syllable of the G. word is due to the unaccented i), equiv. to Gr. γλυκύρριζα (with the modern pronunciation of the vowels). Words originally Gr. and used by medical science in the Middle Ages are preserved in Arzt, Büchse, Pflaster, Latwerge, &c.