Trophology
/trəˈfɒlədʒi/noun
The study of nutrition or the science of food and nourishment.
Did you know?Its core root is Greek trophē, “nourishment,” the same ancient source behind words like trophy and atrophy, where feeding and losing nourishment split into very different destinies.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
trophḗ (τροφή)
“nourishment, food, sustenance”
Ancient Greek
Greek
trophḗ (τροφή) + -logia (λογία)
“nourishment + study of; a learned formation meaning the study of nourishment”
Late 19th Century
English
trophology
“a scientific term for the study of nutrition and food”
Modern English
English
trophology
“the study of nutrition or the science of nourishment”