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English word food comes from Proto-Indo-European *pet-, and later Proto-Germanic *fōdô (Food, nourishment.)
*pet- (Proto-Indo-European)
*fōdô (Proto-Germanic)
Food, nourishment.
fōda (Old English)
foda (Old English)
Food.
fode (Middle English)
food (English)
(countable) A foodstuff.. (uncountable) Any substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.. (uncountable, figuratively) Anything that nourishes or sustains.