Etymology

sweetmeat

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Today it means: A sweet delicacy; a confection. Full definition →

Middle English swete-mete ← Old English swete mete
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromswete mete
  2. Middle English · inherited fromswete-mete
  3. English todaysweetmeat

From Middle English swete-mete, from Old English swete mete. By surface analysis, sweet + meat (“food”).

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