Middle English

Noun

vitaille (plural vitailles)

1. food; nourishment

Descendants

• English: vittle (borrowed)

Old French

Etymology

Latin victuālia, the nominative plural of victuālis, from victus, from the verb vīvō ‎(“I live”).

Noun

vitaille f ‎(oblique plural vitailles, nominative singular vitaille, nominative plural vitailles)

1. (chiefly in the plural) food; nourishment

Descendants

• Middle English: vitaille
  • English: victual