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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-21 month agoApparently, dinner originally meant breakfast from the Old French “disner”, meaning to break the fast, essentially de-fast. Supper is from the Old French “soper” which just means soup-er What a world.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoOh yeah, I’d forgotten about the French, and it’s been a long time since my GCSE French lessons but wasn’t petit-déjeuner breakfast? Is that a more modern invention?
Apparently, dinner originally meant breakfast from the Old French “disner”, meaning to break the fast, essentially de-fast.
Supper is from the Old French “soper” which just means soup-er
What a world.
Oh yeah, I’d forgotten about the French, and it’s been a long time since my GCSE French lessons but wasn’t petit-déjeuner breakfast? Is that a more modern invention?