Etymology

succory

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Today it means: Chicory (Cichorium intybus). Full definition →

Dutch succoreye ← Old French cicorée
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromcicorée
  2. Dutch · borrowed fromsuccoreye
  3. English todaysuccory

From earlier Dutch succoreye, sukereye (Modern Dutch suikerij (“chicory”)), from Middle Dutch, from Old French cicorée. Doublet of chicory.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchcicorée all →

chicory

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.