Pablum

== English == === Etymology === The name of a food supplement for malnourished infants developed in 1931 by the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Mead Johnson & Company, probably a shortening of Latin pābulum (“fodder for animals; food, nourishment”), from pā(scō) (“to feed, nourish; to drive to pasture; to support; to tend”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, ward; to shepherd”)) + -bulum (suffix denoting an instrument) (from Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom (a variant of *-trom (suffix denoting an instrument or tool))), or directly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-dʰlom (from *peh₂- + *-dʰlom). The name was trademarked in the United States in 1932. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpæbləm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpæbl(ə)m/ Hyphenation: Pab‧lum === Proper noun === Pablum (uncountable) (chiefly US) A type of cereal for infants made from cornmeal, oat, and wheat. ==== Alternative forms ==== pablum ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Pablum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia