Where does “sweaty” come from?
Sweaty derives from English sweet plus the diminutive suffix -y, which comes from Middle English -y, Middle French -ie, and ultimately Latin -ia and -ivus, formatives used to create adjectives and nouns with varied semantic force.
sweaty (English): Covered in sweat; Having a tendency to sweat;...
Definitions
- Covered in sweat; Having a tendency to sweat;...
Ancestry of “sweaty”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | swety | — |
| 2 | English | sweat | Fluid that exits the body through pores in the... |
| 3 | Middle English | sweten | To make sweet, sweeten; To induce happiness; To... |
| 4 | Old English | swētan | — |
Words derived from “sweaty”