Pablum

pablum English Etymology en ine-pro *peh₂- 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 en la pābulum fodder for animals; food, nourishment, from la pāscō pā(scō) to feed, nourish; to drive to pasture; to support; to tend (ultimately from en ine-pro *peh₂- to protect, ward; to shepherd) + la -bulum suffix denoting an instrument (from en ine-pro *-dʰlom (a variant of ine-pro *-trom suffix denoting an instrument or tool)), or directly from en ine-pro *peh₂-dʰlom (from ine-pro *peh₂- + ine-pro *-dʰlom). The name was trademarked in the United States in 1932.n 1025379993 July 2023 1; pablum n 1 Pronunciation en /ˈpæbləm/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pablum.wav Southern England en /ˈpæbl(ə)m/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-pablum.wav GA en Pab lum Proper noun - en chiefly US A type of cereal for infants made from cornmeal, oat, and wheat. en 23 July 1951 Now Watch Baby’s Progress on All Four! advertisement Henry R[obinson] Luce Life Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y. w:Time Inc. 31 4 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=l04EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA2 0024-3019 34142982 Now your baby is even luckier! He'll enjoy new flavor variety with four Pablum cereals— They're all equally good for Baby—all based on the original Pablum formula. Remember—Pablum is the world's first precooked vitamin and mineral enriched cereal, and doctors have prescribed it for almost twenty years. Alternative forms en pablum Translations type of cereal for infants References Further reading en genericized trademarks