Etymology

pabulation

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Today it means: The act of eating or feeding. Full definition →

Latin pābulātiō
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  1. Latin · derived frompābulātiō“action of collecting fodder or food; foraging”
  2. 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”).

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