I noticed Suave shampoo on my wife's dressing table and realized its root is ultimately "sweet." Teaching in the speech communication field, I became aware of this.
Whence else "persuasion," "to sweeten thoroughly"?
I always felt I wouldn't want to "argue" or "debate"--argue goes back to a root meaning "babble, chatter, prate." And debate means to "bat down"--you wouldn't persuade someone hitting him with a bat!
"Suave"--smoothly agreeable and courteous--sweet.
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