EuroLex/F/Dinner


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: dîner - 1. dinner (meaning: the chief meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday)

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Annotations
Etymology: from OF disner, originally "breakfast", later "lunch", noun use of infinitive disner, from stem of Gallo-Romance *desjunare "to break one's fast", from L dis- "undo" + LL jejunare "to fast", from L jejunus "fasting, hungry"

Source: http://www.etymonline.com