Etymology

sugarberry

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English berry ← Middle English berie ← Old English berġe
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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. Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
  6. Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
  7. Old Italianzucchero
  8. Old Frenchçucre
  9. Middle Englishsugre
  10. Englishsugar
  11. Proto-Germanic*bazją
  12. Proto-West Germanic*baʀi
  13. Old Englishberġe
  14. Middle Englishberie
  15. Englishberry
  16. English todaysugarberry

From sugar + berry.

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