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ingredients

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in·gre·di·ent

[in-gree-dee-uhnt]
noun
1.
something that enters as an element into a mixture: Flour, eggs, and sugar are the main ingredients in the cake.
2.
a constituent element of anything; component: the ingredients of political success.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English < Latin ingredient- (stem of ingrediēns), present participle of ingredī to go or step into, commence, equivalent to in- in-2 + -gredient- going; see gradient


1. See element.


whole.

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Word Origin & History

ingredient
c.1460, from L. ingredientem (nom. ingrediens) "that which enters into" (a compound, recipe, etc.), prp. of ingredi "go in, enter," from in- "in" + gradi "to step, go."
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