English
diner
From dine + -er.
A compound of dine + -er
Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- ‘to sacrifice’
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Latin ieiūnus ‘fasting, abstinent, hungry’
Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre ‘to eat breakfast’
Old French disner ‘to dine, eat the main meal of the day’
Middle English dynen ‘to eat lunch’
English dine
Another origin of diner
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥‘ten’uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dekəm‘ten’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdec(em)uncertain
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnus‘ten each’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnārius
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*dīnāriusreconstructedalteration of dēnārius
- Catalanc. 1500–presentdiner‘money’
- Englishtodaydiner
Today it means
noun Someone who dines.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / diner