Etymograph

English

foodcation

Blend of food + vacation.

A blend of food + vacation

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

Latin vacātiō ‘freedom, exemption’

Old French vacacion

Anglo-Norman vacacioun

Middle English vacation

English vacation

Today it means

noun A vacation for the primary purpose of trying the cuisine of a region.

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

Etymograph / foodcation