English
foodist
From food + -ist.
Formed from food + -ist
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
The story
Sense 3 is a reappropriation of the term by an internet subculture founded by the user "Foodistzen."
Today it means
noun A person who is very interested in food; a foodie.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foodist