Etymology

foodborne

F4O1O1D2B3O1R1N1E1

Today it means: Transmitted through food. Full definition →

English borne ← Middle English boren /iborne ← Old English (ġe)boren
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  2. Proto-Germanic*fōdô
  3. Old Englishfōda
  4. Middle Englishfode
  5. Englishfood
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  8. Proto-Germanic*beraną
  9. Proto-West Germanic*beran
  10. Old Englishberan
  11. Old English(ġe)boren
  12. Middle Englishboren /iborne
  13. Englishborne
  14. English todayfoodborne

From food + -borne.

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