Etymology

nonfood

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Today it means: Not intended for consumption as a food. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  15. Proto-Germanic*fōdô
  16. Old Englishfōda
  17. Middle Englishfode
  18. Englishfood
  19. English todaynonfood

From non- + food.

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