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Where does “canditura” come from?

canditura (Italian) 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;...

canditura (Italian): candying; The process, or the result of...

Definitions

  1. candying; The process, or the result of...

Ancestry of “canditura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancandireto candy; to blanch, whiten
2Italiancandicandied, only used in zucchero candi
3Arabicقَنْدِيّcandied
4Arabicقَنْدhard candy made by boiling cane sugar; rock candy
5Persianکندblunt; dull; slow
6Sanskritखण्डchip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment;...
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