Editing Sugar (section)

==Etymology==
The [[etymology]] of ''sugar'' reflects the commodity's spread. From [[Sanskrit]] ''{{Lang|sa-latn|śarkarā}}'', meaning "ground or candied sugar", came [[Persian language|Persian]] ''{{Lang|fa-latn|shakar}}'' and Arabic ''sukkar''. The Arabic word was borrowed in Medieval Latin as ''succarum'', whence came the 12th century [[Old French|French]] ''sucre'' and the English ''sugar''. Sugar was introduced into Europe by the Arabs in Sicily and Spain.<ref name="oed">{{OEtymD|Sugar}}</ref>

The English word ''[[jaggery]]'', a coarse [[brown sugar]] made from [[date palm]] sap or [[sugarcane]] juice, has a similar etymological origin: Portuguese ''{{Lang|pt|jágara}}'' from the Malayalam ''{{Lang|ml-latn|cakkarā}}'', which is from the Sanskrit ''{{Lang|sa-latn|śarkarā}}''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/jaggery |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001000114/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/jaggery |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 October 2012 |title=Jaggery |publisher=Oxford Dictionaries |access-date=17 August 2012}}</ref>