Etymology of the English word sweetbread
the English word
sweetbreadderived from the English word
breadderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhreu-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*brauthamderived from the English word
sweetderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*swad-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*swotijazDate
The earliest known usage of sweetbread in English dates from the 16th century.