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Nutriment

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a substance that provides nourishment, essential for growth and health
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Stage 1 of 3
nutrire
Latin · ancient
"to feed, to nourish"
to feed, to nourish
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Stage 2 of 3
nutrimentum
Latin · ancient
"nourishment, food"
nourishment, food, from nutrire
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Stage 3 of 3
nutriment
English · 1500s
"food or substance that provides nourishment"
settled as the English word for food that provides nourishment
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