Etymology

multisugar

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Today it means: Relating to more than one sugar. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
  3. Proto-Italic*moltos
  4. Latinmultus
  5. Latinmultī
  6. Middle Englishmulti-
  7. Englishmulti-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  9. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  10. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  11. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  12. Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
  13. Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
  14. Old Italianzucchero
  15. Old Frenchçucre
  16. Middle Englishsugre
  17. Englishsugar
  18. English todaymultisugar

From multi- + sugar.

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