English

food-grade

From food + grade.

A compound of food + grade

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

Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-

Proto-Italic *graðus

Latin gradus ‘a step’

Middle French grade ‘a grade’

English grade

Today it means

adj Suitable for human or animal food.

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

Etymograph / food-grade