DIET

I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, from Latin diaeta, from Greek diaita, literally, manner of living, from diaitasthai to lead one's life Date: 13th century 1. food and drink regularly provided or consumed, habitual nourishment, the kind and amount of food prescribed for a person or animal for a special reason, a regimen of eating and drinking sparingly so as to reduce one's weight , something provided or experienced repeatedly , II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb to cause to take food ; feed , to cause to eat and drink sparingly or according to prescribed rules, intransitive verb to eat sparingly or according to prescribed rules, ~er noun III. adjective Date: 1963 reduced in calories , promoting weight loss (as by depressing appetite) , IV. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e day's journey, day set for a meeting, from Medieval Latin ~a, literally, daily regimen, ~ (taken as a derivative of Latin dies day), from Latin diaeta Date: 1565 a formal deliberative assembly of princes or estates, any of various national or provincial legislatures