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Where does “nutraloaf” come from?

nutraloaf (English) comes from English loaf, from English loafer, from Old English lāf, from Proto-West Germanic laibu, from Northern Sami láibut, from Northern Sami láibi, from Proto-Samic lājpē, from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz — bread.

nutraloaf (English): A bland food made from various ingredients mixed...

Definitions

  1. A bland food made from various ingredients mixed...

Ancestry of “nutraloaf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishloafA block of bread after baking; Any solid block of...
2EnglishloaferAn idle person; A shoe with no laces, resembling...
3Old Englishlāfremnant, remainder; remainder, residue, what is...
4Proto-West Germaniclaiburemainder
5Northern Samiláibutto bake bread
6Northern Samiláibibread
7Proto-Samiclājpēbread
8Proto-Germanichlaibazbread
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