Where does “sweetened” come from?
Sweetened derives from English sweeten, formed by combining English sweet with the Old English verbal suffix -en, which traces through Proto-Indo-European sweyd- meaning to sweat or burn.
sweetened (English): simple past tense and past participle of sweeten;...
Definitions
- simple past tense and past participle of sweeten;...
Ancestry of “sweetened”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sweeten | To make sweet to the taste; To make pleasant or... |
| 2 | English | sweet | Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating... |
| 3 | Middle English | swete | sweet, pleasant-tasting; sweet in smell;... |
| 4 | Old English | swēte | sweet |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | swōtī | sweet |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | swōtuz | sweet |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swéh₂dus | sweet |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sweh₂d- | sweet |