Where does “lunchtime” come from?
Lunchtime derives from English lunch, influenced by English time, tracing to Old French thym, Latin thema, and Ancient Greek θέμα, ultimately from the Greek verb τίθημι meaning to place or put.
lunchtime (English): The time or hour at or around which lunch is...
Definitions
- The time or hour at or around which lunch is...
Ancestry of “lunchtime”, step by step
lunchtime traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |