saccharin.
A white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products.
Meaning & usage
A white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Pali sakkharābor. Ancient Greek σάκχαρ (sákkhar)bor. Latin saccharon Latin saccharum German -in German Saccharinbor. English saccharin From German Saccharin, coined in 1879 by the Russian-born chemist Constantin Fahlberg (1850–1910) who discovered it, from Latin saccharon, saccharum + -in.
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