Etymology

sugarhouse

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Today it means: A factory for the refining of raw sugar from Barbados. Full definition →

English house ← Middle English hous ← Old English hūs
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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-Indo-European*(s)kewH-der.?
  12. Proto-Germanic*hūsą
  13. Proto-West Germanic*hūs
  14. Old Englishhūs
  15. Middle Englishhous
  16. Englishhouse
  17. English todaysugarhouse

From sugar + house.

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