Where does “edulcorat” come from?

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

edulcorat (Romanian): watered-down

Definitions

  1. watered-down

Ancestry of “edulcorat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchédulcorésweetened; past participle of édulcorer
2Frenchédulcorerto sweeten; to tone down, bowdlerize
3Latinēdulcōrō
4Late Latindulcorsweetness
5Latindulcissweet; sweet-smelling, sweet-scented, fragrant;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeandl̥kú-sweet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dl̥kú-Every word from Latin dulcisEvery word from Late Latin dulcor