Etymology

dulcin

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Today it means: An artificial sweetener, 4-ethoxyphenyl-urea, no longer permitted in food Full definition →

Latin dulcis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromdulcis“sweet”
  2. English todaydulcin

From Latin dulcis (“sweet”), + -in.

Words from the same roots

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