Etymology

seafood

sea·food
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Today it means: Food from the sea, including that derived from fish, shellfish, crustaceans, cephalopods, seaweed, algae, marine mammals, and other marine organisms. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*seykʷ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*sīhwaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*saiwiz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*saiwi
  5. Old Englishsǣ
  6. Middle Englishsee
  7. Englishsea
  8. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  9. Proto-Germanic*fōdô
  10. Old Englishfōda
  11. Middle Englishfode
  12. Englishfood
  13. English todayseafood

From sea + food.

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