viand
Meaningthing to live on
Common meaning: food, especially an item in a meal
- viandthing to live onSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 686 · scan
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: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin uiuenda ‘thing to live on’.
Roots
- uiuenda Latin “thing to live on”
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