sustenance

EtymologyEdit

Middle English, from Old French, from sustenir (14c), from Latin sustenire.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌs.tə.nəns/

NounEdit

sustenance (countable and uncountable, plural sustenances)

1. Something that provides support or nourishment.
   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, Internal Combustion^[1]:

     More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

• sustain

Related termsEdit

• subsistence

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