dinner

The story

1. Latin · derived fromdis-
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*disiūnō, *disiūnāre
3. Old French · derived fromdisner“lunch”, but originally “breakfast”
4. Middle English · inherited fromdyner
5. English todaydinner

From Middle English dyner, from Old French disner (“lunch”, but originally “breakfast”), (modern French dîner), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnō, *disiūnāre from Latin dis- + iēiūnō (“to break the fast”).

Words from the same roots