Etymology

unsugary

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Today it means: Not sugary. Full definition →

English sugary ← Middle English sugre ← Old French çucre
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  9. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  10. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  11. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  12. Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
  13. Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
  14. Old Italianzucchero
  15. Old Frenchçucre
  16. Middle Englishsugre
  17. Englishsugar
  18. Englishsugary
  19. English todayunsugary

From un- + sugary.

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