Etymology

foody

F4O1O1D2Y4

Today it means: Eatable; fit for food or consumption. Full definition →

English food ← Middle English fode ← Old English fōda
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  2. Proto-Germanic*fōdô
  3. Old Englishfōda
  4. Middle Englishfode
  5. Englishfood
  6. English todayfoody

From food + -y.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.