English

agri-food

From agri- + food.

A compound of agri- + food

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‘field, pasturage’

Proto-Italic *agros ‘field’

Latin ager ‘field’

English agri-

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to guard, graze, feed’

Proto-Germanic *fōdô ‘food’

Proto-West Germanic *fōdō

Old English fōda ‘food’

Middle English fode ‘food’

English food

Today it means

noun The business of producing food agriculturally (as opposed to through hunting, fishing, gathering, and so on); food so produced.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / agri-food