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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

  1. To eat; to eat dinner or supper; To give a dinner...

Ancestry of “dine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdînerto dine; dinner, evening meal; lunch, midday meal
2Old Frenchdisnerto dine; to eat the main meal of the day; dinner
3Vulgar Latindisiuno—
4Latindisieiūnāre—
5Latiniēiūnō—
6Latiniēiūnus—
7Latiniaiūnus—
8Proto-Italicjagjūnos—
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyeh₂ǵ-yu-—
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyeh₂ǵ-ye/o-to sacrifice

Words derived from “dine”

  • diner
  • dinette
  • interdine
  • dineth
  • dinest
  • dinerlike
  • dinery
  • dinear
  • dineo
  • posdineo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- →