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The word "supper" comes from the old French word "super" and the English word "sup." Supper is a Middle English term.
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∙ 11y agoFrom an old French word meaning last meal of the day. The word comes from a time when dinner was taken in the middle of the day
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Is it supper or dinner?
Dinner, supper is what you have some time after dinner if you are still hungry.
Why is the Last Supper called the Last Supper and not the last dinner?
For purely cultural reasons. Some call it the last meal, for instance. To some, "dinner" and "supper" mean the same meal, for others they have both a dinner and a supper everyday, for instance on a farm: breakfast in the morning, then lunch, then dinner, then after the last work of the day, supper.
One dinner and supper?
Kelsey gets one dinner and one
What is a safari supper?
A safari supper is another name for a progressive dinner, a dinner at which each successive course is prepared and eaten at the residence of a different host.
What does ''supper'' mean?
Everybody knows that it means dinner in some fancier way.
Does supper or dinner come first?
In the Southern US, dinner comes first, then comes supper. In the North, dinner is called lunch, and supper is called dinner.
Is it supper or dinner?
Dinner, supper is what you have some time after dinner if you are still hungry.
Why is the Last Supper called the Last Supper and not the last dinner?
For purely cultural reasons. Some call it the last meal, for instance. To some, "dinner" and "supper" mean the same meal, for others they have both a dinner and a supper everyday, for instance on a farm: breakfast in the morning, then lunch, then dinner, then after the last work of the day, supper.
Is dinner supper or lunch?
Supper is dinner because it occurs later in the day.
Dinner is called what in London?
the evening meal is called dinner or tea or even supper. The midday meal is caled lunch or dinner. Depends where you live and how you were brought up
What is the sentence of a word supper?
Supper is usually a light dinner.
What is synonym of supper?
dinner
What is the Synonym of dinner?
Supper
In medieval times would you say dinner or supper?
You woulduse supper.
Is there any term for evening meal?
In some parts of the United States it is called dinner. In others, where the midday meal is the main meal of the day called dinner, the evening meal is called supper.
One dinner and supper?
Kelsey gets one dinner and one
What is a list of words that relate to dinner?
supper
