Where does “無糖” come from?

無糖 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 糖, from Middle Chinese 糖 — sugar.

無糖 (Japanese): the state of being sugar-free

Definitions

  1. the state of being sugar-free

Ancestry of “無糖”, step by step

無糖 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 糖

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese糖sugar
2Middle Chinese糖sugar

via Japanese 無

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese無nothing, nothingness; mu; the null set: neither...
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