swād-

swād-
Sweet, pleasant. Oldest form *sweə₂d-, colored to *swaə₂d-, contracted to *swād-.
1. sweet, from Old English swēte, sweet, from Germanic *swōtja-.
2. Suffixed form *swād-ē-. suasion; assuasive, dissuade, persuade, from Latin suādēre, to advise, urge (< “recommend as good”).
3. Suffixed form *swād-wi-. soave, suave; assuage, from Latin suāvis, delightful.
4. Suffixed form *swād-es-. aedes, from Greek ēdos, pleasure.
5. Suffixed form *swād-onā. hedonic, hedonism, from Greek hēdonē, pleasure.
 
[Pokorny su̯ād- 1039.]

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