Feed
/fiːd/noun
To give food to someone or something; to eat food.
Did you know?Feed descends from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning “to graze, pasture, or feed,” the same deep source behind words for livestock and nourishment across multiple Indo-European languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*peh₂-
“to graze, feed, pasture”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*fōdjaną
“to feed, nourish”
Old English
English
fēdan
“to feed, nourish, sustain”
Middle English
English
feden
“to feed, provide food for”
Modern English
English
feed
“to give food to; to eat food”