Etymology

nonsaccharide

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Today it means: Any material (especially a sweetener) that is not a saccharide Full definition →

English saccharide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin saccharum
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  15. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  16. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  17. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  18. Palisakkharā
  19. Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
  20. Latinsaccharon
  21. Latinsaccharum
  22. Englishsaccharo-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  24. Englishsaccharide
  25. English todaynonsaccharide

From non- + saccharide.

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