Where does “feedlot” come from?
Feedlot comes from English lot, Middle English lot, Old English fēdan meaning to feed, Proto-Germanic fōdijaną, and Proto-Indo-European peh₂- meaning to feed or nurture.
feedlot (English): Land on which livestock are fattened for market
Definitions
- Land on which livestock are fattened for market
Ancestry of “feedlot”, step by step
feedlot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Lot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Lot | A nephew of Abraham in the Bible and Quran |
| 2 | French | Lot | share (of inheritance) |
| 3 | Middle French | lot | — |
| 4 | Old French | loz | — |
| 5 | Frankish | lot | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hlutą | lot, share; fate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱlew- | to hear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
via English feed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to feed |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fōdijaną | to feed; to give birth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂- | to protect; to shepherd |