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Where does “nonseafood” come from?

nonseafood (English) comes from English seafood, from English sea, from Middle English see, from Old English sǣ, from Proto-West Germanic saiwi, from Proto-Germanic saiwiz, from Proto-Germanic sīhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European seykʷ- — to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...

nonseafood (English): Food that is not seafood

Definitions

  1. Food that is not seafood

Ancestry of “nonseafood”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishseafoodFish, shellfish, seaweed, and other edible...
2EnglishseaA large body of salt water; A lake, especially if...
3Middle Englishseesea, ocean; A body of water, a lake; seat, chair
4Old Englishsǣsea, lake
5Proto-West Germanicsaiwisea
6Proto-Germanicsaiwizsea, ocean
7Proto-Germanicsīhwanąto filter
8Proto-Indo-Europeanseykʷ-to moisten; to filter
9Proto-Indo-Europeansey-to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...
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