English
alimentation
Alimentation comes from French alimentation ‘feeding’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentalimentation‘feeding’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentalimentation‘feeding’
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of aliment ‘food’ + alimenter ‘to feed, to give food to’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘to grow, nourish’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi ‘grow, nourish’
Proto-Italic *alō
Latin alō ‘to nourish, sustain’
Latin alimentum ‘food, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, provisions’
French aliment ‘food’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘to grow, nourish’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi ‘grow, nourish’
Proto-Italic *alō
Latin alō ‘to nourish, sustain’
Latin alimentum ‘food, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, provisions’
French aliment ‘food’
French alimenter ‘to feed, to give food to’
Every English word from French alimentation
Today it means
noun Alimony.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French alimentation / alimentation