English
inedia
Inedia comes from Latin inedia ‘fasting, starvation’, from edō ‘to eat’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ed-‘to eat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁édti‘to eat’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*edō‘to eat’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEedō‘to eat’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinedia‘fasting, starvation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1965same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ed-‘to eat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁édti‘to eat’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*edō‘to eat’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEedō‘to eat’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinedia‘fasting, starvation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1965same form
Earliest quotation: 1965, Robert D. Smith, Comparative Miracles: “The problems of establishing the facts are redoubled when…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- ‘to eat’
eating, anna, ana, fret, esca, anodyne, 19 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti ‘to eat’
eat, et, ent, etch, phage, 10 more
through Latin edō ‘to eat’
Today it means
noun The (purported) ability to live without food.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- / inedia