Etymology

muscovado

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Today it means: An unrefined brown sugar with a strong flavour of molasses. Full definition →

Spanish mascabado ← Portuguese mascavado
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  1. Portuguese · derived frommascavado
  2. Spanish · derived frommascabado
  3. English todaymuscovado

Corrupted from Spanish mascabado or Portuguese mascavado, from the verb mascavar, a corrupted form of menoscabar (“to despise”).

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