English
andersmeat
Andersmeat may come from Old English undernmete ‘breakfast’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150undernmete‘breakfast’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1905andersmeat
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150undernmete‘breakfast’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1905andersmeat
Earliest quotation: 1905, Joseph Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary: “This is my whack of bread and cheese for…”
The story
Apparently from a variant of undern + -s- + meat, but perhaps via alteration of Old English undernmete (‘breakfast’), unattested in this sense.
Every English word from Old English undernmete
Today it means
noun A light snack consumed in the afternoon.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English undernmete / andersmeat