sacchar-
a combining form meaning “sugar,” used in the formation of technical terms: saccharoid.
Origin of sacchar-
1A 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-.
Words Nearby sacchar-
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