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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word CANDY. Etymology of the word
CANDY.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893. |
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CANDY,
crystallised sugar; as a verb, to sugar, to crystallise.
(F.,—Ital.,—Arab.)
In old authors, it is generally a verb. Shak. has both
sb. and verb, 1 Hen.. IV, i. 3. 251; Hamlet, iii. 2. 65; Temp. ii.
1. 279. The verb is, apparently, the original in
English.—F. se candir, 'to candie, or grow candide, as
sugar after boyling;' Cotgrave. [Here Cotgrave should
rather have written candied; there is no connection with Lat.
candidus, white, as he easily might have imagined.]—Ital. candire,
to candy.—Ital. candi, candy; zucchero candi,
sugar-candy.—Arabic and Persian qand, sugar, sugar-candy;
Richardson's Arab. Dict. p. 1149; Arab. qandat, sugar-candy,
id.; qandí, sugared, made of sugar; id. p. 1150. [†]
ADDENDA
But the Arab. word may be
of Aryan origin. Cf. Skt. khand, to cut or break
in pieces, to bite, khanda, a piece; whence khándava,
sweet-meats.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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