nonsugar

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noun

A substance that is not a sugar.

OriginEnglish sugar ← Middle English sugre ← Old French çucre →
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Meanings

nounnonsugar (plural nonsugars)

plural nonsugars

  1. A substance that is not a sugar.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  15. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  16. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  17. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  18. Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
  19. Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
  20. Old Italianzucchero
  21. Old Frenchçucre
  22. Middle Englishsugre
  23. Englishsugar
  24. Englishnonsugar

From non- + sugar.

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APA

nonsugar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonsugar

MLA

“nonsugar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonsugar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonsugar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonsugar.

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