Where does “sugary” come from?
Sugary derives from Middle English sugar with the suffix -y, from Middle French sucre with -ie, from Latin saccharum with -ia, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning sweet or pleasant.
sugary (English): Of food, drink, etc, containing or covered with a...
Definitions
- Of food, drink, etc, containing or covered with a...
Ancestry of “sugary”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Sugar | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter S |
| 2 | German | zucker | inflection of zuckern: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | German | zücken | to draw |
| 4 | Middle High German | zucken | — |
| 5 | Old High German | zucken | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tukkijaną | To draw; snatch; pull out; whip out |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tug- | — |
| 8 | Frankish | -wald | — |
| 9 | Frankish | wald | power, mastery, dominion; reigning; ruling |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | waldaz | leader |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | waldaną | to rule |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |