English Explanatory Dictionary

chlorosugar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any compound in which one or more hydroxyl groups of a sugar have been replaced by atoms of chlorine

Word forms

chlorosugar chlorosugars

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós) English chloro- 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 chlorosugar From chloro- + sugar.

Related words

bromosugar fluorosugar halosugar iodosugar
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