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fodder

/ˈfɒdə/FO-dur
/ˈfɑdɚ/FAH-dur

Meaningfood or animal feed

Common meaning: feed for livestock

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 Englishfōdor‘food or animal feed’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishfodder‘animal feed’source
  4. Englishfodder‘feed for livestock’ · 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.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English fōdor ‘food or animal feed’.

Roots

  • fōdor Old English “food or animal feed”

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