Where does “sucre candi” come from?
sucre candi (Old French) comes from Arabic قندي, from Arabic قَنْد, from Persian کند, from Sanskrit खण्ड — chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment;...
Ancestry of “sucre candi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | قندي | a Pashtun |
| 2 | Arabic | قَنْد | hard candy made by boiling cane sugar; rock candy |
| 3 | Persian | کند | blunt; dull; slow |
| 4 | Sanskrit | खण्ड | chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment;... |
Words derived from “sucre candi”