Where does “sweat” come from?

Sweat comes from Middle English sweten, from Old English swēte, from Proto-Germanic swait-, from Proto-Indo-European swoyd-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sweyd-.

sweat (English): Fluid that exits the body through pores in the...

Definitions

  1. Fluid that exits the body through pores in the...

Ancestry of “sweat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishswetenTo make sweet, sweeten; To induce happiness; To...
2Old Englishswētanto sweeten

Words derived from “sweat

Every word from Old English swētan