English
dine
Dine comes from Middle English dynen ‘to eat lunch’, from Latin ieiūnus ‘fasting, abstinent, hungry’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- ‘to sacrifice’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁yaǵ-‘to sacrifice’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁yaǵ-yu-sreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jagjūnosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEieiūnus‘fasting, abstinent, hungry’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*disiūnāre‘to eat breakfast’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400disner‘to dine, eat the main meal of the day’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500dynen‘to eat lunch’
- Englishearliest quotation 1815dine
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁yaǵ-‘to sacrifice’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁yaǵ-yu-sreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jagjūnosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEieiūnus‘fasting, abstinent, hungry’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*disiūnāre‘to eat breakfast’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400disner‘to dine, eat the main meal of the day’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500dynen‘to eat lunch’
- Englishearliest quotation 1815dine
Earliest quotation: 1815, Walter Scott, The Astrologer. […]: “Brown accompanied his jolly landlord and the rest of…”
Linked words
through Old French disner ‘to dine, eat the main meal of the day’
Today it means
verb To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- / dine