Did you ever break a fast? Yes, you have every morning. Fast doesn't just mean very quick. When you go to sleep you start a fast. Fast means to not eat for a while. When you get up and eat breakfast - that breaks your fast. That's why you call it "breakfast". If you don't eat for days, you both starve and have a long fast. And fast does not mean eating fast, either.Did you know at noontime, you eat a lump? Lunch used to mean a lump of bread. Nuncheon used to mean a drink at noon. Lump and nuncheon got put together to make luncheon.
Supper came from the word sup. Sup meant to sip your soup.
Eat came from "I'm so hungry. Give me food!"
(reference: Childcraft Dictionary, 1989)
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