Etymology

arsenosugar

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Today it means: Any of several carbohydrates that contain arsenic, found in certain marine algae. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃enyom
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
  4. Proto-Iranian*jr̥Hanyam
  5. Old Median*zaranyam
  6. Old Median*kā
  7. Old Median*zaraniyakā
  8. Middle Persian*zarnīk
  9. Classical Syriacܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
  10. Arabicالزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)
  11. Medieval Greekἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
  12. Latinarsenicum
  13. Middle Frencharsenic
  14. Middle Englisharsenik
  15. Englisharsenic
  16. Englisharseno-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  18. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  19. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  20. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  21. Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
  22. Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
  23. Old Italianzucchero
  24. Old Frenchçucre
  25. Middle Englishsugre
  26. Englishsugar
  27. English todayarsenosugar

From arseno- + sugar.

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