swd- The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	swd-
DEFINITION:	Sweet, pleasant. Oldest form swe₂d-,* colored to swa₂d-,* contracted to swd-. 1. sweet, from Old English swte,* sweet, from Germanic swtja-. 2. Suffixed form swd--. suasion; assuasive, dissuade, persuade, from Latin sudre, to advise, urge (< “recommend as good”). 3. Suffixed form swd-wi-. soave, suave; assuage, from Latin suvis,* delightful. 4. Suffixed form swd-es-. aedes, from Greek dos,* pleasure. 5. Suffixed form swd-on. hedonic, hedonism, from Greek hdon,* pleasure. (Pokorny sd- 1039.)


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