Where does “agridulce” come from?

agridulce (Spanish) comes from Spanish agrio, from Spanish agro, from Old Spanish agro, from Latin acrus, from Latin ācer, from Latin saccharum, from Ancient Greek σάκχαρ, from Sanskrit शर्करा — gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel.

agridulce (Spanish): sweet and sour

Definitions

  1. sweet and sour

Ancestry of “agridulce”, step by step

agridulce traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish agrio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishagriosour; tangy; bitter
2Spanishagrofield; Obsolete form of agrio
3Old Spanishagrosour
4Latinacrussour
5Latinācersharp, sour, bitter, pungent
6Latinsaccharumsugar
7Ancient Greekσάκχαρsugar; sugar cane
8Sanskritशर्कराgravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or...
9Proto-Indo-AryanśárkaraH
10Proto-Indo-IranianćárkaraH
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorkeh₂gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel

via Spanish dulce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdulcesweet; fresh; candy, sweet
2Latindulcissweet; sweet-smelling, sweet-scented, fragrant;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeandl̥kú-sweet

Words derived from “agridulce

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱorkeh₂Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćárkaraHEvery word from Proto-Indo-Aryan śárkaraH
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