Etymology

polysugar

P3O1L1Y4S1U1G2A1R1

Today it means: polysaccharide Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  6. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  7. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  8. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  9. Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
  10. Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
  11. Old Italianzucchero
  12. Old Frenchçucre
  13. Middle Englishsugre
  14. Englishsugar
  15. English todaypolysugar

From poly- + sugar.

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