dulcet

The story

1. Latin · derived fromdulcis“sweet, pleasant”
2. Old French · derived fromdoucet
3. Middle English · inherited fromdoucet
4. English todaydulcet

From Middle English doucet, from Old French doucet, from dulz, dulce (“sweet, pleasant”) + diminutive -et, from Latin dulcis (“sweet, pleasant”). Cognate with Spanish dulce, French doux, Italian dolce, Portuguese doce, and Romanian dulce. Doublet of dolcetto and doucet.

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