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victuals

Meaningneut

Common meaning: food supplies

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GIW‘orig’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 102, p. 733 · scan
  2. Latinvictualia‘neut’source
  3. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsneut → food suppliesvitaille‘food supplies’source
  4. Englishvictuals‘food supplies’ · 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: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin victualia ‘neut’.

Roots

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