Sustenance

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsÊŒs.tÉ™.nÉ™ns/

Origin

Middle English, from Old French, from sustenir (14c), from Latin sustenire.

Full definition of sustenance

Noun

1. Something that provides support or nourishment.
• 2006, w, Internal Combustion Chapter 2, More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.

Synonyms

Related terms

• subsistence
• sustain