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For vowel shift, see below. An Old English word for it was <span class="foreign notranslate">undernmete</span> (see <a href="/word/undern" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of undern " class="crossreference notranslate">undern</a>), also <span class="foreign notranslate">morgenmete</span> "morning meal."</p> <p>Spanish <span class="foreign notranslate">almuerzo</span> "lunch," but formerly and still locally "breakfast," is from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">admorsus</span>, past participle of <span class="foreign notranslate">admordere</span> "to bite into," from <span class="foreign notranslate">ad</span> "to" + <span class="foreign notranslate">mordēre</span> "to bite" (see <a href="/word/mordant" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of mordant " class="crossreference notranslate">mordant</a>). German <span class="foreign notranslate">Frühstück</span> is from Middle High German <span class="foreign notranslate">vruostücke</span>, literally "early bit."</p> <p>In common with <span class="foreign notranslate">almuerzo</span>, words for "breakfast" tend over time to shift in meaning toward "lunch;" compare French <span class="foreign notranslate">déjeuner</span> "breakfast," later "lunch" (cognate of Spanish <span class="foreign notranslate">desayuno</span> "breakfast"), from Vulgar Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">*disieiunare</span> "to breakfast," from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">dis-</span> "apart, in a different direction from" + <span class="foreign notranslate">ieiunare</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">jejunare</span> "fast" (see <a href="/word/jejune" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of jejune " class="crossreference notranslate">jejune</a>; also compare <a href="/word/dine" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of dine " class="crossreference notranslate">dine</a>). Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">ariston</span> in Homer and Herodotus was a meal at the break of day but in classical times taken in the afternoon.</p> <p>The long/short vowel contrast in <span class="foreign notranslate">break/breakfast</span> represents a common pattern where words from Old English have a long vowel in their modern form but a short vowel as the first element of a compound: <span class="foreign notranslate">Christ/Christmas, holy/holiday, moon/Monday, sheep/shepherd, wild/wilderness</span>, etc.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:mid-15c.">mid-15c.</a></div></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_53028" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of breakfast" class="word__name--TTbAA">breakfast<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>1670s, "eat breakfast;" 1793 as "supply with breakfast;" from <a href="/word/breakfast#etymonline_v_17080" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of breakfast " class="crossreference notranslate">breakfast</a> (n.). <span class="foreign notranslate">Unbreakfasted</span> is attested from 1640s. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Breakfasted</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">breakfasting</span>.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1670s">1670s</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to breakfast">Entries linking to <i>breakfast</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of break" href="/word/break#etymonline_v_17079">break<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">brecan</span> "to divide solid matter violently into parts or fragments; to injure, violate (a promise, etc.), destroy, curtail; to break into, rush into; to burst forth, spring out; to subdue, tame" (class IV strong verb; past tense <span class="foreign notranslate">bræc</span>, past participle <span class="foreign notranslate">brocen</span>), from Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*brekanan</span> (source also of Old Frisian <span class="foreign notranslate">breka</span>, Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">breken</span>, Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">brehhan</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">brechen</span>, Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">brikan</span>), from PIE root <a href="/word/*bhreg-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *bhreg- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*bhreg-</a> "to break."</p> <p>Closely related to <a href="/word/breach#etymonline_v_17076" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of breach " class="crossreference notranslate">breach</a> (n.), <a href="/word/brake#etymonline_v_15717" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of brake " class="crossreference notranslate">brake</a> (n.1), <a href="/word/brick#etymonline_v_17102" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of brick " class="crossreference notranslate">brick</a> (n.). The old past tense <span class="foreign notranslate">brake</span> is obsolete or archaic; the past participle is <a href="/word/broken" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of broken " class="crossreference notranslate">broken</a>, but shortened form <span class="foreign notranslate">broke</span> is attested from 14c. and was "exceedingly common" [OED] 17c.-18c.</p> <p>Of bones in Old English. Formerly also of cloth, paper, etc. The meaning "escape by breaking an enclosure" is from late 14c. The intransitive sense of "be or become separated into fragments or parts under action of some force" is from late 12c. The meaning "lessen, impair" is from late 15c. That of "make a first and partial disclosure" is from early 13c. The sense of "destroy continuity or completeness" in any way is from 1741. Of coins or bills, "to convert to smaller units of currency," by 1882.</p> <p>In reference to the heart from early 13c. (intransitive); to <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>break (someone's) heart</strong></span> is late 14c. <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Break bread</strong></span> "share food" (with) is from late 14c. To <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>break ground</strong></span> is from 1670s as "to dig, plow," from 1709 in the figurative sense of "begin to execute a plan." To <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>break the ice</strong></span> "overcome the feeling of restraint in a new acquaintanceship" is from c. 1600, in reference to the "coldness" of encounters of strangers. <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Break wind</strong></span> is attested from 1550s. To <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>break (something) out</strong></span> (1890s) probably is an image from dock work, of freeing cargo before unloading it.</p> <p>The ironic theatrical good luck formula <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>break a leg</strong></span> (by 1948, said to be from at least 1920s) has parallels in German <span class="foreign notranslate">Hals- und Beinbruch</span> "break your neck and leg," and Italian <span class="foreign notranslate">in bocca al lupo</span>. Evidence of a highly superstitious craft (see <a href="/word/Macbeth" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Macbeth " class="crossreference notranslate">Macbeth</a>). According to Farmer & Henley, in 17c. the expression was used euphemistically, of a woman, "to have a bastard."</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of dine" href="/word/dine#etymonline_v_8589">dine<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>c. 1300, <span class="foreign notranslate">dinen</span>, "eat the chief meal of the day, take dinner;" also in a general sense "to eat," from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">disner</span> "to dine, eat, have a meal" (Modern French <span class="foreign notranslate">dîner</span>), originally "take the first meal of the day," from stem of Gallo-Roman <span class="foreign notranslate">*desjunare</span> "to break one's fast," from Vulgar Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">*disjejunare</span>, from <span class="foreign notranslate">dis-</span> "undo, do the opposite of" (see <a href="/word/dis-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of dis- " class="crossreference notranslate">dis-</a>) + Late Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">jejunare</span> "to fast," from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">iejunus</span> "fasting, hungry, not partaking of food" (see <a href="/word/jejune" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of jejune " class="crossreference notranslate">jejune</a>).</p> <p>Transitive sense of "give a dinner to" is from late 14c. To <span class="foreign notranslate">dine out</span> "take dinner away from home" is by 1758.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of fast" href="/word/fast"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">fast</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of jejune" href="/word/jejune"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">jejune</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of mordant" href="/word/mordant"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">mordant</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of undern" href="/word/undern"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">undern</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of brunch" href="/word/brunch"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">brunch</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/breakfast/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->7<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of breakfast">Trends of <i>breakfast</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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De Vaan finds it to be from a PIE root meaning "to worship, reverence," hence "to sacrifice" (with cognates including San</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of undern" href="/word/undern"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">undern<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">an obsolete Old English and Middle English word for "morning;" in Old English originally "third hour of the day; 9 a.m." (corresponding to tierce). Hence underngeweorc, undernmete "breakfast." 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