ingredient
/ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/ noun
Forms ingredients
- noun One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food. “The ingredients of a Spanish omelette are potatoes, eggs, onion, and a little salt.”
- noun (figurative) A necessary element to achieve a certain goal; a component. “Innovation is just one ingredient for continued growth.”
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Etymology
From Middle French ingredient, from Latin ingrediens, present participle of ingredior (“to go or enter into or onto”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination or mixture; an element; a constituent.
- adjective Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part.
Etymology [F. ingrédient, L. ingrediens, -entis, entering into, p. pr. of ingredi, p. p. ingressus, to go into, to enter; pref. in- in + gradi to walk, go. See Grade.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “ingredient”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details