English

foodseller

From food + seller.

A compound of food + seller

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

Old English *sellere

Middle English seller

Today it means

noun A person who owns food and sells it at retail.

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

Etymograph / foodseller