An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Lakritze

by Friedrich Kluge

Lakritze, feminine, ‘licorice,’ from the equivalent late Middle High German lakerítze; from Middle Latin liquirítia (the a in the first syllable of the German word is due to the unaccented i), equivalent to Greek γλυκύρριζα (with the modern pronunciation of the vowels). Words originally Greek and used by medical science in the Middle Ages are preserved in Arzt, Büchse, Pflaster, Latwerge, &c.