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Where does “nutrition” come from?

Nutrition comes from Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nutritio, meaning the process of nourishing or feeding.

nutrition (English): The organic process by which an organism...

Definitions

  1. The organic process by which an organism...

Ancestry of “nutrition”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchnutrition—
2Old Frenchnutricion—
3Latinnūtrītiō—
4Latin-tiō—
5Latindissertātiō—
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “nutrition”

  • nutritional
  • malnutrition
  • nutritionally
  • nutritionist
  • undernutrition
  • overnutrition
  • antinutritional
  • immunonutrition
  • innutrition
  • denutrition
  • nutritionless
  • nutritionalist
  • supernutrition
  • malnutritional
  • nooch
  • micronutritional
  • micronutrition
  • hyponutrition
  • unnutritional
  • pseudonutrition
  • immunonutritional
  • nutritionwise
  • nutritionism
  • nutriționist
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