Etymology

sugarcraft

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Today it means: The culinary art of making things from sugar. Full definition →

Old English cræft ← Proto-West Germanic *kraftu ← Proto-Germanic *kraftuz
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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*krafjaną
  12. Proto-Germanic*kraftuz
  13. Proto-West Germanic*kraftu
  14. Old Englishcræft
  15. English todaysugarcraft

From sugar + -craft.

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