English

food

/fuːd/
Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.

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    Origin

    From Middle English fode, foode, from Old English fōda (“food”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdō, from Proto-Germanic *fōdô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”).

    Cognate with Scots fuid (“food”), Low German föde, vöde (“food”), West Frisian fiedsel (“food”), Dutch voedsel (“food”) Danish føde (“food”), Swedish föda (“food”), Icelandic fæða, fæði (“food”), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (fōdeins, “food”), Latin pānis (“bread, food”), Latin pāscō (“feed, nourish”, verb). Related to fodder, foster.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishfode
      • inheritedOld Englishfōda
        • inheritedProto-Germanic*fōdô

    Related: Scots fuid, Low German föde, West Frisian fiedsel, Dutch voedsel, Danish føde, Swedish föda, Icelandic fæða, Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃, Latin pānis, Latin pāscō

    Words built on it: food-to-go

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