Where does “muscovado” come from?

muscovado (English) comes from Spanish mascabado, from Portuguese mascavado, from Portuguese mascavar, from Portuguese menoscabar, from Latin minuscapare.

muscovado (English): An unrefined brown sugar with a strong flavour of...

Definitions

An unrefined brown sugar with a strong flavour of...

Ancestry of “muscovado”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	mascabado	Made into muscovado
2	Portuguese	mascavado	muscovado; adulterated; incomprehensible
3	Portuguese	mascavar	to refine; to adulterate; to mispronounce
4	Portuguese	menoscabar	to despise
5	Latin	minuscapare	—

Every word from Latin minuscapare →

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