Etymology

andersmeat

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Today it means: A light snack consumed in the afternoon. Full definition →

Old English undernmete
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  1. Old English · derived fromundernmete“breakfast”
  2. English todayandersmeat

Apparently from a variant of undern + -s- + meat, but perhaps via alteration of Old English undernmete (“breakfast”), unattested in this sense. Compare Middle English orendron mete.

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