Etymology

desugar

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Today it means: To remove sugar from. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  8. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  9. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  10. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  11. Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
  12. Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
  13. Old Italianzucchero
  14. Old Frenchçucre
  15. Middle Englishsugre
  16. Englishsugar
  17. English todaydesugar

From de- + sugar.

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