Etymograph

English

sweetless

From sweet + -less.

Formed from sweet + -less

Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- ‘sweet’

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Proto-Germanic *swōtuz ‘sweet’

Proto-West Germanic *swōtī ‘sweet’

Old English swēte ‘sweet’

Middle English swete ‘sweet’

English sweet

Today it means

adj Without sweets (confectionery).

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

Etymograph / sweetless