Etymology

sugartime

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Today it means: The time that is spent collecting sap from trees. Full definition →

English time ← Middle English tyme ← Old English tīma
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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*deh₂-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂y-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dih₂-mon-
  14. Proto-Germanic*tīmô
  15. Proto-West Germanic*tīmō
  16. Old Englishtīma
  17. Middle Englishtyme
  18. Englishtime
  19. English todaysugartime

From sugar + time.

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