Where does “sugar” come from?

sugar (Romanian) comes from Romanian suge, from Latin sūgō, from Proto-Indo-European sug-, from Proto-Indo-European sew- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

sugar (Romanian): suckling-; unweaned baby, newborn; suckling,...

Definitions

  1. suckling-; unweaned baby, newborn; suckling,...

Ancestry of “sugar”, step by step

sugar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian suge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansugeto suck; third-person singular present indicative...
2Latinsūgōto suck
3Proto-Indo-Europeansug-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

via Hungarian sugár

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariansugárray, beam; jet, spurt, stream; radius
2Hungariansúgto whisper; to prompt

Words derived from “sugar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sug- →Every word from Latin sūgō →