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Etymology of the English word sugarcane

the English word sugarcane
derived from the English word sugar
derived from the English word suker
derived from the Old French word cucre
derived from the Medieval Latin word zuccarum
derived from the Latin word zucchero
derived from the Old French word sukere
derived from the Medieval Latin word succarum
derived from the Latin word zucchero
derived from the English word cane
derived from the Old French word cane
derived from the Classical Latin word canna (reed; small reed, cane; panpipe)
derived from the Greek word kanna, κάννα

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