Dine-Out
/ˈdaɪn ˌaʊt/noun
A meal eaten at a restaurant or away from home.
Did you know?“Dine” ultimately comes from Latin *disiūnāre*, meaning “to fast,” so the word’s deep history is about ending abstinence before it became about luxury.
Etymological Timeline
Latin (Late Antiquity)
Latin
disiūnāre
“to break a fast”
Old French
OF
disner
“to eat the first meal of the day; later, to dine”
Middle English
ME
dinen
“to dine; eat the main meal”
19th Century
English
dine out
“to eat a meal away from home, especially at a restaurant”
Modern English
English
dine-out
“a meal eaten outside the home”