undern

Meaning

Noun

• Synonym of terce: the third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
• Synonym of noon: the sixth hour of daylight (12 pm).
• Synonym of afternoon.
• Synonym of evening.
• A light meal, particularly in the afternoon.

Related

Similar words

• snack

Origin

• From Middle English undern, ondern, from Old English undern ("third hour of the day; nine o'clock; morning"), from Proto-Germanic *undurniz ("interval"), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥ter, *h₁enter. Cognate with dialectal Dutch onder, dialectal German Untern, dialectal Swedish undarn.