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esca.

food, meat; a dish prepared for the table; victuals; bait (for fish/animals);

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈeːs.ka]Classical-Latin[ˈɛs.ka]
  1. food

    collective · declension-1
  2. food an individual serving, a dish

    collective · declension-1
  3. fodder

    collective · declension-1
  4. fodder bait

    collective · declension-1
  5. fuel, especially firewood

    collective · declension-1
  6. fuel, especially firewood kindling, tinder

    collective · declension-1
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *ēsskā, Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēd-s-keh₂, from *h₁ed- (“eat”), the root of edō (“eat”). Judging by Lithuanian ėskà (“food, fodder”), the long vowel is of PIE origin, but despite this often cited as an example of Lachmann's lengthening.

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