English
prandial
Prandial comes from Late Latin prandialis, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- ‘to eat’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ed-1‘to eat’root named by Wiktionary
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEprandialis1
- Englishtodayprandial1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English prandial
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ed-Wiktionary, English prandial‘to eat’root named by Wiktionary
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEprandialisWiktionary, English prandial
- EnglishtodayprandialWiktionary, English prandial
The story
Prandium is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃mós (‘first’) (from *preh₃-) + *h₁ed- (‘to eat’) + Latin -ium (suffix forming nouns).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- ‘to eat’
eat, et, anna, obesity, ana, edible, ent, fret, etch, phage, esca, anodyne, 20 more
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to a meal, especially dinner.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “prandial”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- / prandial