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to make sweetmeats, candies
< NLem eqt‑a < LMLem, MLem eqt‑yr < OLem etht‑ ‘want (something edible) > sweetmeat’ < PLem *eths‑ ‘want (something edible)’, s-desiderative of < PIE *h₁ed‑ ‘eat’
doublet of àv., àvd. and vnàt.
Eng eat, Lat edō ‘eat’