Etymology of the English word eat
the English word
eatderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ed-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*etananDerivations in English
eatable,
overate,
overeat,
eatery,
seedeater,
eating,
eatsCognates
Dutch
eten, German
essen, Icelandic
eta, Nynorsk
eda, Swedish
ätaUsage
Word found in Modern English
