英语词汇candy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

candy. We know that candy of various kinds has been around for at least 4,000 years and that there are at least 2,000 varieties of it available today. It was probably the Greeks who brought the word candy into the language. It seems that a favorite of the troops of Alexander the Great was a Persian delicacy called kand—a sweet reed garnished with honey, spices, and coloring. The word candy itself either came to us from this kand that Al- exander’s men brought home to Greece, or from the old Arab word for sugar, quand.

词汇	candy
词源	candy. We know that candy of various kinds has been around for at least 4,000 years and that there are at least 2,000 varieties of it available today. It was probably the Greeks who brought the word candy into the language. It seems that a favorite of the troops of Alexander the Great was a Persian delicacy called kand—a sweet reed garnished with honey, spices, and coloring. The word candy itself either came to us from this kand that Al- exander’s men brought home to Greece, or from the old Arab word for sugar, quand.
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