The story
- Latin · derived fromdulcis“sweet”
- Middle French · derived fromdoux
- Old French · derived fromdolz
- Middle English · inherited fromdouce
- English todaydouce
From Middle English douce, from Old French dolz, dous, Middle French doux, douce, from Latin dulcis (“sweet”). Doublet of dolce, doux, and dulce.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishdouce all →
dulce
Latindulcis all →
Dulciedulcetdulceousdulcianadulciferousdulcifieddulcifluousdulciloquentdulciloquydulcindulcisonantdulcitedulcitoldulcitone
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.