Etymology

undermeal

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Today it means: Synonym of undern: originally terce and the morning, later (UK, dialectal, obsolete) noon and the early afternoon. Full definition →

Middle English undermele ← Old English undernmǣl
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  1. Old English · inherited fromundernmǣl“morning, morning time; morning meal”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromundermele
  3. 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.

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