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Showerthoughts_Mod t1_j9yor0o wrote

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Buck_Thorn t1_j9yrflw wrote

That is quite literally where the word "breakfast" came from.

> From Middle English brekefast, brekefaste, equivalent to break +‎ fast (literally, "to end the nightly fast")

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Amehvafan t1_j9z6ntw wrote

Yes, that's where the name comes from and this is also the sub where you most likely got the idea from, as this has been posted before, the last time yesterday I think.

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