One of my favorite pair of words that don’t get used much anymore is sweetmeat and sweetbread, with the former being candy and the latter being animal pancreas.
The etymology is that meat (from mete) just meant food, and bread (from bræd) meant flesh. Sweet used to mean a more generalized pleasant taste or sensation, rather than more specifically sugary.
One of my favorite pair of words that don’t get used much anymore is sweetmeat and sweetbread, with the former being candy and the latter being animal pancreas.
The etymology is that meat (from mete) just meant food, and bread (from bræd) meant flesh. Sweet used to mean a more generalized pleasant taste or sensation, rather than more specifically sugary.