Where does “feeding” come from?
Feeding derives from Middle English feede, Old English fēdan, Proto-Germanic fōdijaną, and Proto-Indo-European peh₂-, with ultimate roots shared by Ancient Greek πάνδημος and δῆμος.
feeding (English): present participle of feed; An instance of giving...
Definitions
- present participle of feed; An instance of giving...
Ancestry of “feeding”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | feed | To give food to eat; To eat; To give to as... |
| 2 | Galician | feden | third-person plural present indicative of feder |
| 3 | Old English | fēdan | to feed |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fōdijan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fōdijaną | to feed; to give birth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂- | to protect; to shepherd |
Words derived from “feeding”