nectar

The word 'nectar' entered English in the 16th century from Latin nectar, which was itself borrowed from the Greek nektar. In Greek mythology, nektar was the fabled drink of the Olympian gods, conferring immortality. The Greek term is thought by scholars to be a compound of the hypothesized roots nek- (meaning "death") and -tar (meaning "overcoming"), thus literally signifying "that which overcomes death." This poetic, mythological concept was later applied by naturalists to the sweet secretion of flowers, drawing a metaphorical link between the divine, life-giving drink and the vital substance that sustains bees and facilitates plant reproduction.

This word is a direct loanword from Latin and Greek, treated as a simplex unit in modern English. It cannot be meaningfully segmented into productive English morphemes without distorting its form or history.