noun

1. 1. what a person or animal usually eats and drinks; daily fare
   2. figuratively, what a person regularly reads, listens to, does, etc.
2. a special or limited selection of food and drink, chosen or prescribed to promote health or a gain or loss of weight

Etymology: ME diete < OFr < ML dieta, diet, daily food allowance (meaning infl. by diet) < L diaeta < Gr diaita, way of life, regimen < dia-, through + root of aisa, fate < IE *aito-, share < base *ai-, to give, allot

intransitive verb, transitive verb

Etymology: ME dieten < ML dietare

noun

1. Scot. a day's session of an assembly
2. a formal assembly, as formerly of princes, electors, etc. of the Holy Roman Empire
3. in some countries, a national or local legislative assembly

Etymology: ME diete < OFr < ML dieta < L dies, day: see deity