Where does “candir” come from?
candir (French) comes from Italian candire, from Italian candi, from Arabic قَنْدِيّ, from Arabic قَنْد, from Persian کند, from Sanskrit खण्ड — chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment;...
candir (French): to crystallize; to cover with crystallized sugar
Definitions
- to crystallize; to cover with crystallized sugar
Ancestry of “candir”, step by step
candir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian candire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | candire | to candy; to blanch, whiten |
| 2 | Italian | candi | candied, only used in zucchero candi |
| 3 | Arabic | قَنْدِيّ | candied |
| 4 | Arabic | قَنْد | hard candy made by boiling cane sugar; rock candy |
| 5 | Persian | کند | blunt; dull; slow |
| 6 | Sanskrit | खण्ड | chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment;... |
via French candi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | candi | candied; sugar candy; an exhausted man |