Etymology

anhydrosugar

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Today it means: An intramolecular ether formed by the loss of the elements of water from neighbouring hydroxyl groups of a sugar Full definition →

English sugar ← Middle English sugre ← Old French çucre
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  5. Ancient Greekἀν- (an-)
  6. Englishan-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  9. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  10. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  11. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  12. Englishhydro-
  13. Englishanhydro-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  15. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  16. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  17. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  18. Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
  19. Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
  20. Old Italianzucchero
  21. Old Frenchçucre
  22. Middle Englishsugre
  23. Englishsugar
  24. English todayanhydrosugar

From anhydro- + sugar.

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