Meaning

noun the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

noun the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone

noun the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-West Germanic *mati Old English mete Middle English mete English meat Inherited from Middle English mete (“food”), from Old English mete (“food”), from Proto-West Germanic *mati (“food”), from Proto-Germanic *matiz (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to be wet; grease, fat”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian…

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