Etymology

sugar-free

Today it means: Of food, drink, medication, chewing gum, etc: not containing sugar (and usually sweetened with a sugar substitute instead). Full definition →

Old English frēo ← Proto-West Germanic *friu ← Proto-Germanic *frijwaz
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The story

  1. Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
  2. Old Italianzucchero
  3. Old Frenchçucre
  4. Middle Englishsugre
  5. Englishsugar
  6. Proto-Indo-European*preyH-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*priHós
  8. Proto-Germanic*frijwaz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*friu
  10. Old Englishfrēo
  11. English todaysugar-free

From sugar + -free.

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