Where does “dinner-goer” come from?
dinner-goer (English) comes from English dinner, from Middle English dyner, from Old French disner, from Vulgar Latin disiuno, from Latin disieiūnāre, from Latin iēiūnō, from Latin iēiūnus, from Latin iaiūnus — to sacrifice.
dinner-goer (English): One who has dinner at a restaurant or as a guest...
Definitions
- One who has dinner at a restaurant or as a guest...
Ancestry of “dinner-goer”, step by step
dinner-goer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dinner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dinner | A midday meal; The main meal of the day, often... |
| 2 | Middle English | dyner | lunch second meal of the day, eaten in the late morning |
| 3 | Old French | disner | to dine; to eat the main meal of the day; dinner |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | disiuno | — |
| 5 | Latin | disieiūnāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | iēiūnō | to fast |
| 7 | Latin | iēiūnus | fasting, abstinent, hungry |
| 8 | Latin | iaiūnus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | jagjūnos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hyeh₂ǵ-yu- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- | to sacrifice |
via English goer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | goer | One who, or that which, goes; Anything,... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |