Etymology

sugarfree

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Today it means: Free of sugar; sugarless. Full definition →

Old English frēo ← Proto-West Germanic *friu ← Proto-Germanic *frijwaz
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  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-Indo-European*preyH-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*priHós
  13. Proto-Germanic*frijwaz
  14. Proto-West Germanic*friu
  15. Old Englishfrēo
  16. English todaysugarfree

From sugar + -free.

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