Meaning

noun any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

noun any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment

noun anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *fōdô Old English fōda Middle English fode English food 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…

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