Etymograph

English

agrodolce

Agrodolce comes from Italian agrodolce ‘sweet and sour (of a sauce)’, and goes back to Latin dulcis.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdulcisas dulcem‘sweet’
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentdolce‘sweet’
  3. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentagrodolce‘sweet and sour (of a sauce)’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdulcisas dulcem‘sweet’
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentdolce‘sweet’
  3. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentagrodolce‘sweet and sour (of a sauce)’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin dulcis ‘sweet’

dulce, douce, 18 more

Today it means

noun An Italian sweet-and-sour sauce.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin dulcis / agrodolce

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