candy

Candy began as 'sugar candy', crystallised lumps of sugar: Arabic qandī 'made of qand' took a Persian word that probably goes back to Sanskrit khaṇḍa 'piece', though a Dravidian source is also proposed. French sucre candi became English sugre candi, the second half took over, and American candy went on to Japan; Uzbek qand and Hindi khā̃ḍ still mean sugar.

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The road to English

From Sanskrit to Prakrit, Hindi

From Persian to Uzbek

From Arabic to Italian

From Arabic to Spanish

From Old French to French, German

From French to Dutch

From English to American English, Japanese

500 BCESanskrit

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

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