Where does “digestion” come from?

Digestion comes from Old French digestion, meaning the process of breaking down food in the stomach.

digestion (English): The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by...

Definitions

  1. The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by...

Ancestry of “digestion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdigestiondigestion

Words derived from “digestion

Every word from Old French digestion
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