pablum

pablum · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*peh₂-dʰlom
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*-dʰlom
3. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*peh₂-“to protect, ward; to shepherd”
4. Latin · derived frompābulum“fodder for animals; food, nourishment”
5. English todaypablum

A variant of Pablum, the name of a food supplement for malnourished infants developed in 1931 by the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Mead Johnson & Company, probably a shortening of Latin pābulum (“fodder for animals; food, nourishment”), from pā(scō) (“to feed, nourish; to drive to pasture; to support; to tend”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, ward; to shepherd”)) + -bulum (suffix denoting an instrument) (from Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom (a variant of *-trom (suffix denoting an instrument or tool))), or directly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-dʰlom (from *peh₂- + *-dʰlom). The name was trademarked in the United States in 1932.

Pablum · proper noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*peh₂-dʰlom
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*-dʰlom
3. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*peh₂-“to protect, ward; to shepherd”
4. Latin · derived frompābulum“fodder for animals; food, nourishment”
5. English todayPablum

The name of a food supplement for malnourished infants developed in 1931 by the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Mead Johnson & Company, probably a shortening of Latin pābulum (“fodder for animals; food, nourishment”), from pā(scō) (“to feed, nourish; to drive to pasture; to support; to tend”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, ward; to shepherd”)) + -bulum (suffix denoting an instrument) (from Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom (a variant of *-trom (suffix denoting an instrument or tool))), or directly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-dʰlom (from *peh₂- + *-dʰlom). The name was trademarked in the United States in 1932.

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