diet
English
/ˈdaɪət/
noun
Definitions
- The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
- (countable) A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.
- (by extension) Any habitual intake or consumption.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English diet derived from Old French diete derived from Latin dieta, diaeta (prescribed way of life) derived from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (way of life, way of living).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δίαιτα
Gloss
way of life, way of living
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Coke English
- Diet Coke English
- antidiet English
- dietarily English
- dietary English
- dieter English
- dietic English
- dietist English
- dietitian English
- dietless English
- dietologist English
- dietology English
- dietwise English
- ethnodietary English
- misdiet English
- nondiet English
- nondietary English
- nondieter English
- palaeodiet English
- palaeodietary English
- paleodiet English
- paleodietary English
- superdiet English
- diaeta Latin
- diaetarius Latin
- dieta Latin
- diēta Latin
- Diät German
- diète French
- dieta Spanish, Castilian
- δίαιτα Ancient Greek
- διαίτημα Ancient Greek
- δῐ́αιτα Ancient Greek
- ἁβροδίαιτος Ancient Greek
- ἰσοδίαιτος Ancient Greek
- diet Portuguese
- diet Swedish
- ダイエット Japanese
- diet Middle English
- diete Middle English
- diæt Danish
- diete Old French
- dieta Catalan, Valencian
- דיאטה Hebrew (modern)
- diéta Slovak
- 다이어트 Korean