Etymology

hypersaccharine

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Today it means: Very saccharine; excessively sweet. Full definition →

English saccharine ← New Latin saccharum ← Latin saccharon
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  8. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  9. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  10. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  11. Palisakkharā
  12. Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
  13. Latinsaccharon
  14. New Latinsaccharum
  15. Englishsaccharine
  16. English todayhypersaccharine

From hyper- + saccharine.

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