repast

repast · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*peh₂-“to protect; to shepherd”
2. Latin · derived fromre-
3. Late Latin · derived fromrepastus“meal”
4. Old French · derived fromrepas“meal, repast; spiritual nourishment”
5. Old French · derived fromrepast
6. Middle English · inherited fromrepast
7. English todayrepast

From Middle English repast, repaste (“feast, meal; food, nourishment; the Eucharist; refreshment, rest”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman, Middle French, Old French repast, Middle French, Old French repas (“meal, repast; spiritual nourishment”) (modern French repas), probably from Medieval Latin, Late Latin repastus (“meal”), from repāstus, the perfect passive participle of repāscō (“to feed; to feed one after another”), from Latin re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + pāscō (“to feed, nourish; to pasture (an animal); of an animal: to browse, graze; to maintain, support”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect; to shepherd”)).

repast · verb²

1. Late Latin · derived fromrepāstus
2. Middle English · inherited fromrepasten“(reflexive) to refresh (oneself) with food”
3. English todayrepast

Partly: * from Middle English repasten (“(reflexive) to refresh (oneself) with food”) [and other forms], either from repast, repaste (“feast, meal; food, nourishment; the Eucharist; refreshment, rest”) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive forms of verbs); or from Late Latin repāstus, the perfect passive participle of repāscō (“to feed; to feed one after another”) (see further at etymology 1); and * from repast (noun).

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