diet

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The food and drink that a person or animal usually eats.

   The diet of the giant panda consists mainly of bamboo.

2. 2
   noun

   A controlled way of eating, often to lose weight or stay healthy.

   He's been on a diet since the doctor warned him about his heart.

3. 3
   verb

   To eat less or eat carefully in order to lose weight.

   I've been dieting for six months and have lost some weight.

4. 4
   adj

   (of food or drink) Containing less fat, sugar, or calories than normal.

   She ordered a diet soda with her meal.

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Simplified etymology

Diet has two distinct origins. In the food sense, it comes through Greek diaita, meaning “way of life.” As a term for a legislative or administrative assembly, it derives from medieval Latin dieta, probably from Latin dies “day”; dieta could mean both “a day’s work or pay” and “a meeting.”

From Middle English diet, dyet, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin diēta, diaeta (“a public assembly; set day of trial; a day's journey”), from Ancient Greek δῐ́αιτα (dĭ́aita, “way of living, living space; decision, judgement”), influenced by Latin diēs (“day”).

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