Etymology

iodosugar

I1O1D2O1S1U1G2A1R1

Today it means: Any compound in which one or more hydroxyl groups of a sugar have been replaced by atoms of iodine Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Hellenic*wion
  2. Ancient Greekἴον (íon)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  6. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  7. Ancient Greekἰοειδής (ioeidḗs)
  8. Englishiodo-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  10. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  11. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  12. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  13. Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
  14. Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
  15. Old Italianzucchero
  16. Old Frenchçucre
  17. Middle Englishsugre
  18. Englishsugar
  19. English todayiodosugar

From iodo- + sugar.

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