Hi,<br/><br/>What do you think the prototype of to eat is ?<br/><br/>Perhaps [to partake of] is it.<br/><br/>I find it in King James English.<br/><br/>There is a finding in this way that [to eat] regards human as a receiver of food.<br/><br/>Because [to partake of bread] means the bread has man to take it as a part of man.<br/><br/>And the [take] in [to partake] is different from the [take] in [to take part in], because in that it means to accept, and in this it means to perform.<br/><br/>Could any native speaker right me?<br/><br/>Thank you for your assistance.