The story
- Latin · derived fromdaps“feast”
- Medieval Latin · borrowed fromdapifer
- English todaydapifer
From Medieval Latin dapifer, from Latin daps (“feast”) + -fer (“bearer”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
dapifer
Today it means: The servant that brings the meat to the table at a meal. Full definition →
Medieval Latin dapifer ← Latin daps