Where does “aliment” come from?
Aliment comes from French aliment, from Latin alimentum, derived from the root h₂el- meaning "to nourish" with the suffix -mentum forming agent nouns.
aliment (English): Food; Nourishment, sustenance; An allowance for...
Definitions
- Food; Nourishment, sustenance; An allowance for...
Ancestry of “aliment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | aliment | food |
| 2 | Latin | alimentum | food, nourishment, sustenance; obligation to... |
| 3 | Latin | alō | to feed, to nourish, to nurture |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | alō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂életi | to be nourishing |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂el- | to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam |
Words derived from “aliment”