Etymology

saccharinize

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Today it means: To make saccharine; as, especially, to lyse starch (polysaccharides) into sugars (oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides). Full definition →

English saccharine ← New Latin saccharum ← Latin saccharon
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  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 todaysaccharinize

From saccharine + -ize.

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