< Reconstruction:Latin
Reconstruction:Latin/disiuno
Latin
Etymology
From dis- + iēiūnō, iēiūnāre (“to fast”), from ieiūnus.
Verb
*disiūnō (present infinitive *disiūnāre, perfect active *disiūnāvī, supine *disiūnātum); first conjugation
- To lunch.
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Tuscan: desinare, desinà ⇒ desina
- Padanian:
- Emilian: disnär, disnèr, snèr, gnèr
- Ligurian: disnâ
- Lombard: disnar, dehnar
- Piedmontese: disnè, disné
- Romagnol: desnér
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: dinar, denar (“to lunch, to take breakfast”)
- Old French: disner (“to take breakfast”)
- Middle French: disner
- French: dîner
- → Middle English: dynen, dyne, dinen
- English: dine
- Scots: dine
- Middle French: disner
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Aragonese: disnar
- Catalan: dinar
- Occitan: disnar, dinnar