sacchar-


  1. a combining form meaning “sugar,” used in the formation of technical terms: saccharoid.

Origin of sacchar-

1
A combining form representing Medieval Latin saccharum, Greek sákkharon, ultimately from an Indo-Aryan source akin to Prakrit sakkarā, from Sanskrit śarkarā; cf. sugar
  • Also especially before a consonant, saccharo-.

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