Where does “dine” come from?
Dine comes from Old French disner, derived from Latin dis- combined with ieiunus meaning fasting, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁.
dine (English): To eat; to eat dinner or supper; To give a dinner...
Definitions
- To eat; to eat dinner or supper; To give a dinner...
Ancestry of “dine”, step by step
dine traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French dîner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dîner | to dine; dinner, evening meal; lunch, midday meal |
| 2 | Old French | disner | to dine; to eat the main meal of the day; dinner |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | disiuno | — |
| 4 | Latin | disieiūnāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | iēiūnō | to fast |
| 6 | Latin | iēiūnus | fasting, abstinent, hungry |
| 7 | Latin | iaiūnus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | jagjūnos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hyeh₂ǵ-yu- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- | to sacrifice |