Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe food and beverage a person or animal consumes. · A controlled regimen of food and drink choices, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health. · Any habitual intake or consumption.
From Middle English diet, dyet, diete, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin dieta (“regimen, regulation; assembly”), from Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita).
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