Etymology

sucrose

S1U1C3R1O1S1E1

Today it means: A disaccharide with formula C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar. Full definition →

English glucosebf. ← French glucose ← Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  4. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  5. Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
  6. Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
  7. Old Italianzucchero
  8. Old Frenchçucre
  9. Middle Frenchsucre
  10. Frenchsucre
  11. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  12. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  13. Frenchglucose
  14. Englishglucosebf.
  15. English todaysucrose

From French sucre (“sugar”) + English -ose. By surface analysis, sucr- (“sugar”) + -ose.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.