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Where does “doce” come from?

doce (Neapolitan) comes from Latin dulcis, from Proto-Indo-European dl̥kú- — sweet.

doce (Neapolitan): sweet

Definitions

  1. sweet

Ancestry of “doce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindulcissweet; sweet-smelling, sweet-scented, fragrant;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeandl̥kú-sweet
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