Reconstruction:Latin/disiuno

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From dis- + iēiūnō, iēiūnāre (“to fast”), from ieiūnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeseno/

Verb

*disiūnō (present infinitive *disiūnāre, perfect active *disiūnāvī, supine *disiūnātum); first conjugation (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. lunch

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Tuscan: desinare, desinà ⇒ desina
• North Italian:
  • 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
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Aragonese: disnar
  • Catalan: dinar
  • Occitan: disnar, dinnar