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feed

/ˈfid/FEED
/ˈfid/FEED

Meaninggiving food, nourishing

Common meaning: to give food to

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√PA‘feed, nourish, protect’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 186, p. 736 · scan
  2. Old EnglishfedansourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishfedensource
  4. Englishfeed‘to give food to’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English fedan ‘giving food, nourishing’.

Roots

  • fedan Old English “giving food, nourishing”

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