Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Victuals

Victuals (vit"'lz) , noun, plural

[Old English vitaille, Old French vitaille, French victuaille, pl. victuailles, from Latin victualia, pl. of. victualis belonging to living or nourishment, from victus nourishment, from vivere, victum, to live; akin to vivus living. See Vivid.]

Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands.
Then had we plenty of victuals. — Jer. xliv. 17