Etymology

swicy

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Today it means: Simultaneously sweet and spicy. Full definition →

English spicy ← Middle English spice ← Anglo-Norman spece
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂d-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swéh₂dus
  3. Proto-Germanic*swōtuz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*swōtī
  5. Old Englishswēte
  6. Middle Englishswete
  7. Englishsweet
  8. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  10. Proto-Italic*spekjō
  11. Latinspeciō
  12. Late Latinspeciēs
  13. Old Frenchespice
  14. Anglo-Normanspece
  15. Middle Englishspice
  16. Englishspic(e)
  17. Englishspicy
  18. English todayswicy

Blend of sweet + spicy.

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