Etymograph

English

sweetmaking

From sweet + making.

A compound of sweet + making

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

Old English macung

Middle English making

English making

Today it means

noun The manufacture of confectionery.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sweetmaking”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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