Where does “undernutrition” come from?
Undernutrition comes from English under- combined with nutrition, which derives from Middle French nutrition, from Latin nutritio, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning nourishment and being.
undernutrition (English): Inadequate nutrition, either due to a lack of...
Definitions
- Inadequate nutrition, either due to a lack of...
Ancestry of “undernutrition”, step by step
undernutrition traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nutrition
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nutrition | The organic process by which an organism... |
| 2 | Middle French | nutrition | — |
| 3 | Old French | nutricion | — |
| 4 | Latin | nūtrītiō | nutrition |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |