24-09-2002, 18:11
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Re: The etymology of lunch.
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Originally posted by Michael Krass
lunch - modern sense of "mid-day repast" is 1829, shortened form of luncheon.
luncheon - 1580, nonechenche "light mid-day meal," from none "noon" + schench "drink," from O.E. scenc, from scencan "pour out." Altered by northern Eng. dial. lunch "hunk of bread or cheese," probably from Sp. lonja "a slice," lit. "loin." When it first appeared, luncheon meant "thick piece, hunk;" sense of "light repast between mealtimes" is 17c. Luncheonette is 1924, Amer.Eng.
dinner - c.1300, from O.Fr. disner, originally "breakfast," later "lunch," noun use of infinitive disner (see dine). Always used in Eng. for the main meal of the day; shift from midday to evening began with the fashionable classes.
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