Where does “édulcoré” come from?
édulcoré (French) comes from French édulcorer, from Latin ēdulcōrō, from Late Latin dulcor, from Latin dulcis, from Proto-Indo-European dl̥kú- — sweet.
édulcoré (French): sweetened; past participle of édulcorer
Definitions
- sweetened; past participle of édulcorer
Ancestry of “édulcoré”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | édulcorer | to sweeten; to tone down, bowdlerize |
| 2 | Latin | ēdulcōrō | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | dulcor | sweetness |
| 4 | Latin | dulcis | sweet; sweet-smelling, sweet-scented, fragrant;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dl̥kú- | sweet |