dinner- root words — words with the dinner- root

The root dinner- comes from Latin disjejunare, meaning to break one's fast. 2 words in Dendril are built from it, including dinnertime, dinnerware. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the dinner- root

Explore words with dinner- — words containing the dinner- root and sharing its sense of "to break one's fast". Examples include dinnertime, dinnerware. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does dinner- mean?

The dinner- root means to break one's fast, from Latin disjejunare. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.