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Where does “nutritionally” come from?

Nutritionally derives from English nutrition, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin nutritio meaning nourishment, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European līg- and ḱóm.

nutritionally (English): Concerning nutrition

Definitions

  1. Concerning nutrition

Ancestry of “nutritionally”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnutritionalOf, pertaining to, or providing nutrition
2EnglishnutritionThe organic process by which an organism...
3Middle Frenchnutrition—
4Old Frenchnutricion—
5Latinnūtrītiō—
6Latin-tiō—
7Latindissertātiō—
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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