Etymograph

English

alphenic

Alphenic comes from French alphénic, from Spanish alfeñique ‘alfeñique, a type of sugar confectionary’, and ultimately from Persian پانید.

  1. Persianc. 900–presentپانیدpânid‘sugar candy’
  2. Arabicc. 500–presentفَانِيدfānīd‘a kind of sweetmeat or taffy of reduced sugar’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentalfeñique‘alfeñique, a type of sugar confectionary’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentalphénic
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1881alphenic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Persianc. 900–presentپانیدpânid‘sugar candy’
  2. Arabicc. 500–presentفَانِيدfānīd‘a kind of sweetmeat or taffy of reduced sugar’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentalfeñique‘alfeñique, a type of sugar confectionary’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentalphénic
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1881alphenic

Earliest quotation: 1881, I.M.L.W.: “There was Patella — wise as any owl —…”

Every English word from Persian پانید

Today it means

noun White barley sugar

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Persian پانید / alphenic

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