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Where does “dulcite” come from?

dulcite (English) comes from Latin dulcis, from Proto-Indo-European dl̥kú- — sweet.

dulcite (English): The sugar alcohol dulcitol

Definitions

  1. The sugar alcohol dulcitol

Ancestry of “dulcite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindulcissweet; sweet-smelling, sweet-scented, fragrant;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeandl̥kú-sweet

Words derived from “dulcite”

  • isodulcite
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