Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

desugar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
desug-ar
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove sugar from.

Transitive verb

verb

To remove syntactic sugar from.

Informal; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar English desugar From de- + sugar.

Usage

Inflected Forms

desugars (present, singular) desugaring (participle, present) desugared (participle, past) desugared (past)

Questions

What does desugar mean?
To remove sugar from.
Where does desugar come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar English desugar From de- + sugar.

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