From Middle English unswete, from Old English unswēte, from Proto-Germanic *unswōtuz, equivalent to un- + sweet. Cognate with West Frisian ûnswiet, Dutch onzoet, German Low German unsööt, German unsüß, Swedish osöt, Icelandic ósætur.
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