English
foodlegger
Blend of food + bootlegger.
A blend of food + bootlegger
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
Attested since circa 1941.
Today it means
noun An illicit foodseller, especially in a jurisdiction where food is subject to rationing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foodlegger