Etymology

superfood

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Today it means: Any food purported to confer remarkable health benefits. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  8. Proto-Germanic*fōdô
  9. Old Englishfōda
  10. Middle Englishfode
  11. Englishfood
  12. English todaysuperfood

From super- + food.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.