The story
- Latin · derived frompābulātiō“action of collecting fodder or food; foraging”
- English todaypabulation
From pābulātiōn-, the stem of the Classical Latin pābulātiō (“action of collecting fodder or food; foraging”), from pābulor (“eat fodder, graze; collect fodder, forage”), from pābulum (“food, fodder”); compare the Middle French pabulation (“action of providing oneself with forage”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.