Dining
/ˈdaɪ.nɪŋ/noun
The act of eating a meal, especially in a formal setting.
Did you know?“Dining” comes from the Old French verb meaning “to dine,” ultimately from Latin roots connected to the idea of taking food, not any occult term despite its ritual-feeling modern use.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ed-
“to eat”
Latin
Latin
edere
“to eat”
Late Latin
Latin
disjejunare
“to break a fast; eat”
Old French
OF
disner
“to take the main meal of the day”
Middle English
ME
dinen
“to dine; eat the principal meal”
Modern English
English
dining
“eating a meal, especially a formal one”