Etymograph

English

lunner

Blend of lunch + dinner.

A blend of lunch + dinner

Latin ieiūnus ‘fasting, hungry’

Latin iēiūnō ‘to fast’

Vulgar Latin *disiūnō ‘to break the fast’

Old French disner ‘to dine; main meal of the day’

Middle English dyner

English dinner

Today it means

noun A meal consumed between lunchtime and dinnertime.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / lunner