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
- candying; The process, or the result of...
Ancestry of “canditura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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;... |