Where does “dinnertime” come from?
I need to pause here because this etymological chain doesn't make coherent sense as presented. The chain appears to conflate multiple unrelated words: - "time" (which has Germanic roots, not from Old French/Latin) - "disner" (Old French, related to "dinner" - from Latin dis- + ieiunus, meaning "to break a fast") - θέμα and τίθημι (Ancient Greek words meaning "thing placed" and "to place/put") These don't form a legitimate etymological line for "dinnertime." The Greek elements seem misplaced or copied in error (they appear three times identically at the end). **I cannot write an accurate one-sentence origin summary for this chain.** Doing so would violate the core instruction to "state only what the chain supports" and "do not invent." To help you: Could you verify the source chain
dinnertime (English): The time when dinner takes place; The time when...
Definitions
- The time when dinner takes place; The time when...
Ancestry of “dinnertime”, step by step
dinnertime 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 Time
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Time | The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events |
| 2 | Middle English | tyme | thyme; time; A specific duration or period of... |
| 3 | Old French | thym | — |
| 4 | Latin | thymum | thyme; accusative singular of thymus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | θύμον | thyme |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | θύω | I offer in sacrifice, slay, burn, immolate; I... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |