FromMiddle Dutchsukereye, a folk etymological interpretation ofcicoreije, fromOld Frenchcicoree, fromLate Latin*cichōria, fromLatincichōrium, fromAncient Greekκιχόριον(kikhórion).Doublet ofcichorei. Superficially equivalent tosuiker(“sugar”) +-ij(“a suffix that forms abstract nouns”).
Cognate toEnglishchicory andsuccory, the latter being a borrowing from the same Middle Dutch source.
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suikerij f (pluralsuikerijen,diminutivesuikerijtje n)