where did it get its name from?
Sanskrit ("śarkarā"), meaning "ground or candied sugar", came Persian "shakar".
Sugar
Sanskrit ("śarkarā"), meaning "ground or candied sugar", came Persian "shakar", 
where does the sugar in fruit come from Fructose
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Sugar [SEP] Etymology
The etymology reflects the spread of the commodity. From Sanskrit ("śarkarā"), meaning "ground or candied sugar", came Persian "shakar", then to 12th century French "sucre" and the English "sugar". The English word "jaggery", a coarse brown sugar made from date palm sap or sugarcane juice, has a similar etymological origin: Portuguese "jágara" from the Malayalam "cakkarā", which is from the Sanskrit "śarkarā".