sustenance

Sustenance is nourishment or support.

(noun)

An example of sustenance is fruit and vegetables.

See sustenance in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: ME < OFr soustenance < LL sustinentia, patience, endurance < L sustinere: see sustain

See sustenance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. The act of sustaining.
b. The condition of being sustained.
The supporting of life or health; maintenance: “to deliver in every morning six beeves, forty sheep, and other victuals for my sustenance” (Jonathan Swift).
Something, especially food, that sustains life or health.
Means of livelihood.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from sustenir, to sustain; see sustain

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