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late Old English fōda, of Germanic origin; related to fodder.

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From Middle English fode, foode, from Old English fōda(“food”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdô(“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-(“to guard, graze, feed”). Cognate with Scots fuid(“food”), Low German föde, vöde(“food”), West Frisian fiedsel(“food”), Dutch voedsel(“food”)Danish føde(“food”), Swedish föda(“food”), Icelandic fæða, fæði(“food”), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃( fōdeins, “food”), Latin pānis(“bread, food”), Latin pāscō(“feed, nourish”, verb). Related to fodder, foster.

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food (n.)

Middle English foode, fode, from Old English foda "food, nourishment; fuel," also figurative, from Proto-Germanic *fodon (source also of Swedish föda, Danish föde, Gothic fodeins), from Germanic *fod- "food," from PIE *pat-, extended form of root *pa- "to feed."

Food chain is by 1915. Food poisoning attested by 1864; food processor in the kitchen appliance sense from 1973; food stamp (n.) is from 1962.