liquorice的词源

英文词源

liquorice: liquorice: [13] Liquorice, or licorice as it is usually spelled in American English, has no direct etymological connection with liquor (although liquor has played a significant role in its development). It goes back to Greek glukúrrhiza, which meant literally ‘sweet root’ (it was a compound of glukús ‘sweet’, source of English glycerine, and rhíza ‘root’, source of English rhizome [19]). Under the influence of liquor, this was borrowed into post-classical Latin as liquiritia, which passed into English via Old French licoresse and Anglo-Norman lycorys.
=> glycerine, rhizome
liquorice (n.): chiefly British alternative spelling of licorice.

来自拉丁语liquiritia,来自希腊语glykyrrhiza,甜根，glyky-,甜的，词源同dulcet,glucose,rhiza,根，词源同radish,rhizome.拼写受liquid影响俗化。

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