saccharine

saccharine · adjective, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
2. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
3. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
4. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
5. Palisakkharā
6. Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
7. Latinsaccharon
8. New Latinsaccharum
9. English todaysaccharine

From New Latin saccharum (“sugar”) + English -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Saccharum is derived from saccharon (“syrupy liquid from bamboo or reeds”), from Ancient Greek σάκχαρον (sákkharon), from Pali sakkharā (“sugar; gravel; granule, grain; crystal; potsherd”), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar; cotton sugar, sugarmaple; gravel, grit, pebbles; potsherd”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“boulder; gravel”).

saccharine · adjective²

From saccharin + -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).

saccharine · noun³

A variant of saccharin.

Words from the same roots