Etymograph

English

succade

Succade comes from Middle French succade ‘sweet candied fruit’, and goes back to Old Italian zucchero.

  1. Old Italianmodernzucchero1
  2. Old Occitanc. 950–1500sucrado1‘sweet, sugary, sugared’
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600succade1‘sweet candied fruit’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500socade1
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1542succade1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English succade
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1542, Andrew Boorde: “He rootes of Borage and Buglosse soden tender ,…”.

Lineage

  1. Old ItalianmodernzuccheroWiktionary, English succade
  2. Old Occitanc. 950–1500sucradoWiktionary, English succade‘sweet, sugary, sugared’
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600succadeWiktionary, English succade‘sweet candied fruit’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500socadeWiktionary, English succade
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1542succadeWiktionary, English succade. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1542, Andrew Boorde: “He rootes of Borage and Buglosse soden tender ,…”

Linked words

through Old Italian zucchero

sugar

Today it means

noun Candied citrus peel (or, less commonly, other preserves).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “succade”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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