Sugar
English edit
Etymology edit
- As a Hungarian surname, from the adjective sugár (“tall, well-built”, literally “radius”).
- As a German and Jewish surname, semantic loan from German Zucker (“sugar”).
Noun edit
Sugar
- (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter S.
- Synonym: Sierra
Proper noun edit
Sugar (plural Sugars)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Sugar is the 19390th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1394 individuals. Sugar is most common among White (87.66%) individuals.
Anagrams edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From English Sugar, from sugar, from Middle English sugre, sucre, from Middle French sucre, from Old French çucre, from Old Italian zúccharo, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Middle Persian škl (šakar) (Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫢𐫞𐫡 (šqr)), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar", originally "grit, gravel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”), akin to Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, “pebble”).
Proper noun edit
Sugar
- a female given name from English