Etymology

saccharo-

Today it means: sugar Full definition →

Latin saccharum ← Ancient Greek σάκχαρ (sákkhar) ← Pali sakkharā
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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. Latinsaccharum
  9. English todaysaccharo-

From Latin saccharum, ultimately from the same source as sugar.

Words from the same roots

Latinsaccharum all →

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