English
sweetums
From sweet + -ums.
Formed from sweet + -ums
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
noun Affectionate term of address for a pet, child, etc.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / sweetums