Study flashcard number 1 from French flashcards of a total of 27 cards about Eat.
Breakfast
petit déjeuner (fr) m (France), déjeuner (fr) m
From dé- + jeûner (“un fast (to break fast)”) or from a Vulgar Latin *disieiūnāre, *disieiūnāre, from Late Latin ieiūnāre, jejūnāre, present active infinitive of ieiūnō, jejūnō, from Latin ieiūnus, jejūnus. Doublet of dîner from which English dine descended.