Etymology

sugarily

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Today it means: In a sugary way. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English sugary
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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. Englishsugary
  12. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  13. Proto-Germanic*līką
  14. English todaysugarily

From sugary + -ly.

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