TRUTHFUL THURSDAY- DINNER or BREAKFAST?

Hello, it’s Thursday and you know it’s great because it’s 1 day away from FRIDAY! So, let’s keep the high spirit on and read what I have discovered recently. Hope this read takes the edge off your work, or school! In fact, this is a very short fact, but would really spice up your dull day (if you are having one!)

Did you know that the word “Dinner” used to mean “Breakfast”? Well it’s true. Right now, saying it out aloud seems ridiculous, because we are very accustomed to the word “Dinner” when we have meals in the night but somehow it used to mean “Breakfast”. But why did this happen? Why bother changing the terms for good and leaving you and I feeling so puzzled? Let’s find out!

“Dinner” comes from the French word Disnar which means “Breakfast”. Traditionally, dinner (breakfast) was the first meal of the day, eaten around noon. It also happened to be the biggest meal of the day, with a lighter meal coming later known as supper. Eventually, more meals started being added to the day with people eating meals before the large noon meal of dinner.

Rather than calling these earlier meals that broke the fast by the word that means breakfast (dinner), the name “dinner” now stuck as the largest meal of the day. As time has passed, in most cultures that use these words to describe their meals, the largest meal of the day got moved later and later in the day until it’d meal time was around the time we used to have supper. (This used to be a light meal) How surprising!

Hope you guys enjoyed this little piece of fact of the day, every little things counts you know. Now you can proudly brag to your friends and family about how DINNER used to mean BREAKFAST, and the transformation process. Happy bragging!