Dine
/daɪn/noun
To eat a meal, especially the main meal of the day or in a formal setting.
Did you know?“Dine” comes from the same ancient root as words for food and nourishment across Indo-European languages, showing how eating was once so central it shaped the vocabulary of daily life.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ed-
“to eat”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*etaną
“to eat”
Old English
OE
dīnan?
“to dine, eat a meal”
Old French
OF
disner
“to break one’s fast; eat the first meal of the day”
Middle English
ME
dinen
“to dine; eat the main meal”
Modern English
English
dine
“to eat a meal, especially formally”