Where does “dulcet” come from?
Dulcet comes from Middle English doucet, from Old French doucet and dulce, from Latin dulcis meaning sweet, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots dl̥kú- and suffixes -eh₂tos and -tós.
dulcet (English): Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones;...
Definitions
- Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones;...
Ancestry of “dulcet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | doucet | Sweet-tasting, sugary; Nice-tasting, tasty or... |
| 2 | Old French | doucet | sweet |
| 3 | Old French | et | and |
| 4 | Latin | et | and; plus; though, even if |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | éti | beyond; over |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁é | and, then |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |