viand
[vahy-uh nd]
noun
an article of food.
viands, articles or dishes of food, now usually of a choice or delicate kind.
RELATED WORDS
fodder, feed, cuisine, snack, meat, drink, foodstuff, fare, cooking, meal, bread, grub, aliment, provender, sustenance, groceries, staple, pabulum, comestible, nutrition
Nearby words
- viability,
- viable,
- viaduct,
- viagra,
- vial,
- viangchan,
- viareggio,
- viatical,
- viatical settlement,
- viaticum
Origin of viand
1350–1400; Middle English viaunde < Middle French viande < Vulgar Latin *vīvanda, for Latin vīvenda things to be lived on, neuter plural gerund of vīvere to live
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Word Origin for viand
C14: from Old French viande, ultimately from Latin vīvenda things to be lived on, from vīvere to live
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viand
"article of food," early 14c., from Anglo-French viaunde, Old French viande "food," dissimilated from Vulgar Latin *vivanda, from Late Latin vivenda "things for living," in classical Latin, "be live," neuter plural gerundive of vivere "to live" (see vital).
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