dine

dine · verb, noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromieiūnus
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*disiūnāre“to eat breakfast”
3. Old French · derived fromdisner“to dine, eat the main meal of the day”
4. Middle English · inherited fromdynen
5. English todaydine

From Middle English dynen, from Old French disner (“to dine, eat the main meal of the day”), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre (“to eat breakfast”), from *disieiūnāre (“to break the fast”), from Late Latin, from dis- + iēiūnō (“to fast”), from Latin ieiūnus.

Dine · proper noun²

1. Latin · derived fromdignus
2. Old French · derived fromdigne“proud, dignified”
3. English todayDine

* As a Dutch surname, shortened from Van Dine (see Vanduyne). * As an English surname, from digne, from Old French digne (“proud, dignified”), from Latin dignus. * As a French surname, shortened from Claudine.

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