English

green syrup

From green + syrup.

A compound of green + syrup

Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ‘to grow’

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Proto-Germanic *grōniz

Proto-West Germanic *grōnī

Old English grēne

Middle English grene

English green

Arabic شَرِبَ ‘to drink’

Arabic شَرَاب ‘a drink’

Medieval Latin siruppus

Old French sirop

Middle English sirup ‘a syrup of herbs used for medicine’

English syrup

The story

First use appears c. 1830.

noun The liquid byproduct obtained during the initial stages of refining sugar cane or beet juice.

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

Etymograph / green syrup