Aliment (noun)(verb)
al-i-ment
Food or sustenance.
borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Latin alimentum, from alere “to nurse, supply with nutrition, support, maintain” + -mentum
Example sentences
“Today we need to find some shops, the cupboards are bare and we are in need of aliment.”
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