Etymology

foodservice

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Today it means: The business of providing food and related services. Full definition →

English service ← Middle English servise ← Old English serfis
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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*ser-der.?
  7. Proto-Italic*serwos
  8. Latinservus
  9. Latinservitium
  10. Old Frenchservise
  11. Old Englishserfis
  12. Middle Englishservise
  13. Englishservice
  14. English todayfoodservice

From food + service.

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