Where does “edulcorare” come from?

edulcorare (Italian) comes from French édulcorer, from Latin ēdulcōrō, from Late Latin dulcor, from Latin dulcis, from Proto-Indo-European dl̥kú- — sweet.

edulcorare (Italian): to sweeten; to attenuate, mitigate

Definitions

  1. to sweeten; to attenuate, mitigate

Ancestry of “edulcorare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchédulcorerto sweeten; to tone down, bowdlerize
2Latinēdulcōrō—
3Late Latindulcorsweetness
4Latindulcissweet; sweet-smelling, sweet-scented, fragrant;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeandl̥kú-sweet

Words derived from “edulcorare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dl̥kú- →Every word from Latin dulcis →Every word from Late Latin dulcor →