Where does “dulce” come from?
Dulce comes from Middle French doux, from Latin dulcis meaning sweet, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to be or to drink.
dulce (English): sweet; sweetness; To make sweet; to soothe
Definitions
- sweet; sweetness; To make sweet; to soothe
Ancestry of “dulce”, step by step
dulce traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English doucen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | doucen | to make sweet |
| 2 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 3 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 4 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 5 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via English douce
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | douce | Sweet; nice; pleasant; Serious and quiet; steady,... |
| 2 | Middle English | douce | Pleasant, sweet, nice, kind; Sweet to the taste;... |
| 3 | Old French | douz | Alternative form of dous |
| 4 | Latin | dulcis | sweet; sweet-smelling, sweet-scented, fragrant;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dl̥kú- | sweet |
via Spanish dulce
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | dulce | sweet; fresh; candy, sweet |