sugre

Middle English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.

Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor.

Old Italian zuccherobor.

Old French çucrebor.

Middle English sugre

Borrowed from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar).

Alternative forms

• sewgyr, succer, succere, sucere, sucre, suger, sugowr, sugr, sugur, sugure, sugyr, sugyre, sukyr, zugere, zuker, zukur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiu̯ɡər/, /ˈsiu̯ɡrə/, /ˈsiu̯kər/

Noun

sugre (uncountable)

1. sugar (crystallised sucrose used as a sweetener)
2. (figurative, rare) Nutrition, nourishment, delight, sweetness.

Derived terms

• suger candy
• suger lof
• sugren

Descendants

• English: sugar (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: succar

References

• “sugre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 28 July 2018.

Etymology 2

Verb

sugre

1. alternative form of sugren