Etymology

galactosugar

G2A1L1A1C3T1O1S1U1G2A1R1

Today it means: Any sugar that has at least one galactose moiety Full definition →

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

  1. Ancient Greekγᾰ́λᾰ (gắlă)
  2. Ancient Greekγάλακτ- (gálakt-)
  3. Englishgalacto-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  5. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  6. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  7. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  8. Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
  9. Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
  10. Old Italianzucchero
  11. Old Frenchçucre
  12. Middle Englishsugre
  13. Englishsugar
  14. English todaygalactosugar

From galacto- + sugar.

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