Etymology

sugarman

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Today it means: A worker in sugar production. Full definition →

Middle English man ← Old English mann ← Proto-West Germanic *mann
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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*mon-
  12. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  13. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  14. Old Englishmann
  15. Middle Englishman
  16. English todaysugarman

From sugar + -man.

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