sustenance
/ˈsʌs.tə.nəns/
SɅS · tə · nəns (3 syllables)
English
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Definition
Something that provides support or nourishment.
Etymology
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.
Example Sentences
- "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."
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