At 2008-02-07 20:15:05 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > apropos of which...could sugar have come from China, to get that name?
No, actually it's exactly backwards. China got sugar from India, which might have been where sugar was first cultivated. The origin of 'chini' is not clear, but I seem to remember that it had something to do with cinnamon. -- ams
