Etymology

alphenic

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Today it means: White barley sugar Full definition →

French alphénic ← Spanish alfeñique ← Arabic فَانِيد
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The story

  1. Persian · derived fromپانید“sugar candy”
  2. Arabic · derived fromفَانِيد
  3. Spanish · derived fromalfeñique
  4. French · borrowed fromalphénic
  5. English todayalphenic

From French alphénic, alfénic, from Spanish alfeñique, from Arabic فَانِيد (fānīd), from Persian پانید (pânid, “sugar candy”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.