Food

What “Food” means

Noun

1. Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
2. A foodstuff, a type of food.
3. Anything that nourishes or sustains.
4. Any illegal substance or illegal substances, drugs.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *fōdô Old English fōda Middle English fode English food From Middle English fode, foode, from Old English fōda (“food”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdō, 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.

Business name ideas with “Food”

Industries where “Food” fits

We suggest this word for 14 business types and industries, including:

• All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing
• All Other Specialty Food Stores
• Community Food Services
• Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing
• Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing
• Food (Health) Supplement Stores
• Food Product Machinery Manufacturing
• Food Service Contractors
• Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing
• Mobile Food Services
• Other Animal Food Manufacturing
• Other Snack Food Manufacturing
• Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers
• Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing