vitaile
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French vitaile, from Latin victuālia.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viˈtɛi̯l(ə)/, /ˈvitəl(ə)/
Noun
vitaile (plural vitailes or vitaile)
- (primarily as a plural) Food; nourishment; that which provides nutrition.
- A ration or rations, victuals; one's stored food for journeying.
- Food yielded from agriculture.
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References
- “vitaile (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-12.
Etymology 2
From Middle French vitaillier.
Verb
vitaile
- Alternative form of vitailen
Old French
Etymology
Latin victuālia, the nominative plural of victuālis, from victus, from the verb vīvō (“I live”).
Noun
vitaile f (oblique plural vitailes, nominative singular vitaile, nominative plural vitailes)
- (chiefly in the plural) provisions; vittle; food
- circa 1110,, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:
- Tant cum durat lur vitaile
- For as long as their provisions lasted
- Tant cum durat lur vitaile
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