Etymology

saccharinity

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Today it means: The quality of being saccharine: (extreme or excessive) sweetness (either literally or figuratively). Full definition →

English saccharine ← New Latin saccharum ← Latin saccharon
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The story

  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. Englishsaccharine
  10. English todaysaccharinity

From saccharine + -ity.

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