sustenance
nounEtymology
From Middle English sustenaunce, from Old French sustenance, from sustenir with the suffix -ance, from Vulgar Latin *sustenire, from Latin sustinere. Compare also Late Latin sustinentia. Equivalent to sustain + -ance.
- derived from sustinere
- derived from *sustenire✻
- derived from sustenance
- inherited from sustenaunce
Definitions
Something that provides support or nourishment.
- 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.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at sustenance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at sustenance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at sustenance
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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