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The Word "Sugar" Is Sanskrit — Here's the Real Trade Route It Traveled
A Greek general wrote home about "a reed that makes honey without bees." A Roman naturalist wrote "Indian sugar is better." Neither of them knew they were describing the start of a word that would travel through five languages to reach your kitchen. Let's trace it, explained completely from zero.
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A Greek general wrote home about "a reed that makes honey without bees." A Roman naturalist wrote "Indian sugar is better." Neither of them knew they were describing the start of a word that would travel through five languages to reach your kitchen. Let's trace it, explained completely from zero.
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History of sugar
Wikipedia — secondary general reference
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Sugar - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
Online Etymology Dictionary
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Pliny, Natural History, Book XII — Sugar
Pliny the Elder; translation hosted by Attalus
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Strabo, Geography, Book XV.1.20 — Nearchus and honey-yielding reeds
Fordham University, Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
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