arsenosugar

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃enyomder.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam

Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam

Old Median *zaranyam

Old Median *kā

Old Median *zaraniyakāder.

Middle Persian *zarnīkbor.

Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)der.

Arabic الزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)bor.

Byzantine Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)der.

Latin arsenicumder.

Middle French arsenicbor.

Middle English arsenik

English arsenic

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

English arseno-

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 arsenosugar

From arseno- + sugar.

arsenosugar (plural arsenosugars)

(biochemistry) Any of several carbohydrates that contain arsenic, found in certain marine algae.

any of several carbohydrates that contain arsenic