dulce de leche

Where does the word "dulce de leche" come from? It comes from Spanish dulce de leche, and was adopted directly into English (1900s).

Dulce de leche’s story begins in Spanish: dulce de leche meant “sweet of milk.” Literally sweet of milk, describing milk and sugar slowly caramelized together. It reached English by 1900s as dulce de leche. Argentina and Uruguay both claim it as a national dish. Today, dulce de leche means a sweet, caramel-like confection made by slowly heating sweetened milk.

1. Stage 1 · Spanish · 1800s dulce de leche "sweet of milk", literally sweet of milk, describing milk and sugar slowly caramelized together.
2. Stage 2 · English · 1900s dulce de leche "a caramelized milk and sugar confection", Argentina and Uruguay both claim it as a national dish.