Etymology

sugarmaker

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Today it means: A manufacturer of sugar. Full definition →

English maker ← Middle English maker ← Old English macian
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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*makaz
  12. Proto-West Germanic*mak
  13. Proto-West Germanic*makōn?
  14. Old Englishmacian
  15. Middle Englishmaken
  16. Middle Englishmaker
  17. Englishmaker
  18. English todaysugarmaker

From sugar + maker.

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