Etymology

bromosugar

B3R1O1M3O1S1U1G2A1R1

Today it means: Any compound in which one or more hydroxyl groups of a sugar have been replaced by atoms of bromine Full definition →

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

  1. Ancient Greekβρῶμος (brômos)
  2. Frenchbrome
  3. Englishbrome
  4. Englishbromine
  5. Englishbromo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  7. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  8. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  9. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  10. Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
  11. Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
  12. Old Italianzucchero
  13. Old Frenchçucre
  14. Middle Englishsugre
  15. Englishsugar
  16. English todaybromosugar

From bromo- + sugar.

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