sacchar-

a combining form meaning “sugar,” used in the formation of technical terms:

saccharoid.

Also, especially before a consonant, saccharo-.

Origin

combining form representing Medieval Latin saccharum Greek sákkharon, ultimately < an Indo-Aryan source akin to Prakrit sakkarā < Sanskrit śarkarā; cf. sugar

British Dictionary definitions for sacchar-

saccharo-

combining form

sugar: saccharomycete

Word Origin

via Latin from Greek sakkharon, ultimately from Sanskrit śarkarā sugar