Etymology

sugarstick

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Today it means: Allotropa virgata, a small, straight, myco-heterotrophic herb with a red-and-white-striped stem and scaly leaves. Full definition →

English stick ← Middle English stikke ← Old English sticca
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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*(s)teyg-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*stignéh₂-
  13. Proto-Germanic*stikkōną
  14. Proto-Germanic*stikkô
  15. Proto-West Germanic*stikkō
  16. Old Englishsticca
  17. Middle Englishstikke
  18. Englishstick
  19. English todaysugarstick

From sugar + stick.

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