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Alimentary
Does this word, pertaining to nourishment, share the same Latin root as alma mater, meaning nourishing mother?
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Re: Alimentary
The al- part, yes. I don't know where the -mentary part comes from, though. I understand what it does, indicates "the result or product of the action of the verb", but I know not whence it cometh.
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