The story
- Old English · inherited fromundernmǣl“morning, morning time; morning meal”
- Middle English · inherited fromundermele
- English todayundermeal
From Middle English undermele, undermel (“the early part of the afternoon, midday, noon; an afternoon meal or nap”), from Old English undernmǣl (“morning, morning time; morning meal”), equivalent to undern + meal. Compare the word for midday and the word undern.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.