Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA person or animal who eats. · A fruit or other food that is suitable for eating, especially one that is intended to be eaten uncooked. · A configuration of cells that appears to consume another configuration by gradually causing it to disappear.
From Middle English eter, etere, etter, from Old English etere; equivalent to eat + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix) (food suitable for eating).
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