Etymology

cenacle

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Today it means: A dining room, especially one on an upper floor (traditionally the room in which the Last Supper took place). Full definition →

First used early 15th c.Middle English cenacle ← Old French cenacle ← Latin cēnāculum
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  1. Latin · derived fromcēnāculum“dining room”
  2. Old French · derived fromcenacle
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcenacle
  4. English todaycenacle

From Middle English cenacle, from Old French cenacle (modern French cénacle), from Latin cēnāculum (“dining room”).

First known use, by meaning

  • from early 15th c. A dining room, especially one on an upper floor (traditionally the room in which the Last Supper took place).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.