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food

/ˈfuːd/FOOD
/ˈfud/FOOD

Meaningwhat one eats

Common meaning: something eaten for nourishment

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√PA‘feed, nourish, protect’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 186, p. 736 · scan
  2. Old Englishfōda‘what one eats’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishfodesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftswhat one eats → something eaten for nourishmentfood‘something eaten for nourishment’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English fōda ‘what one eats’.

Roots

  • fōda Old English “what one eats”

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