refreshment

Meaning

Noun

• The action of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour.
• A light snack or drink.

Origin

• Recorded since 1665; either directly or via Middle English refreschement, from Old French refrescher (12th century; modern French rafraîchir), itself from re- + fresche (modern French frais; from a Germanic source, cognate with Old High German frisc, modern German frisch, Dutch fris, etc.)