sukero

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈkero/

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• Rhymes: -ero
• Syllabification: su‧ke‧ro

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

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.

Italian zuccherobor.

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Italian zuccherobor.

Middle High German zucker

German Zuckerbor.

Esperanto sukero

Borrowed from Italian zucchero and German Zucker.

Noun

sukero (accusative singular sukeron, plural sukeroj, accusative plural sukerojn)

1. sugar

Related terms

• laktosukero
• sukeraĵo (“sugary confection, candy, sweet”)
• sukeri
• sukerujo (“sugar bowl”)

Etymology 2

From suko (“juice”) + -ero (“particle of”).

Noun

sukero (accusative singular sukeron, plural sukeroj, accusative plural sukerojn)

1. droplet of juice