Ever wondered why is dinning table called so?

For a simple reason- Dining is directly associated with MEAL (any meal) where as lunch is taken in the noon and breakfast is first food of the day but DINING goes with any Meal.

suni51 wrote:

For a simple reason- Dining is directly associated with MEAL (any meal) where as lunch is taken in the noon and breakfast is first food of the day but DINING goes with any Meal.

Most of people take dining and dinner one. Thanks for explaining meaning and dinning.

I am not sure but as far as the dictionary meaning of dining goes , it is associated with only dinner and no other meals of the day. The table got it's name as dining table because mostly guests were invited for a supper or dinner. The host used this table. Dining also means host for a dinner. 

Arunima Singh wrote:

I am not sure but as far as the dictionary meaning of dining goes , it is associated with only dinner and no other meals of the day. The table got it's name as dining table because mostly guests were invited for a supper or dinner. The host used this table. Dining also means host for a dinner. 

Looking your answer is more relevant. Many definitions available on net. Dinner and dinning is looking one word for first time. It is another definitions of Dinning tabla 

table, especially one seating several persons, where meals are served and eaten, especially the major or more formal meals. Origin of dinning table in between 1585 to 1595

Most of us tend to associate the dining table culture with the Western civilization but it was invented by the Egyptians and later adapted by the Greek and Romans . It also brought the families together when they sat  around the table and ate together...

Arunima Singh wrote:

I am not sure but as far as the dictionary meaning of dining goes , it is associated with only dinner and no other meals of the day. The table got it's name as dining table because mostly guests were invited for a supper or dinner. The host used this table. Dining also means host for a dinner. 

Not really! Maybe you find different definitions in different dictionaries but the truth is that dining is referred to eating any meal of the day. And dining out is not limited to a dinner or supper but one can go and have a lunch dining out.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/dining

I am not sure whether the first Diners Club payment was for a lunch or dinner but you can enjoy all your meals if you have a dinners' club card.

@Arunima: //The table got it's name as dining table because mostly guests were invited for a supper or dinner.  -quite possible. What I thought was dinner is the most important meal of the day, like before the day ends where the entire family is supposed to gather and end the day with a nice meal and hence the name. As they say a family that eats together, stays together, although this has no bearing on 'dining/dinner' alone.

@Usha: Yes, most of us thought dining table, was something that came to us from the west, didn't know about it was invented by Egyptians. :)

Dining itself means something that is done outside in a restaurant with friends as per a definition on google.

If we go by that I guess the word Dining was created to make eating food at home also a good & lavish experience, to create a good marketability to the product!

Else normally people eat on the floor in banana leaves traditionally in India.

@Usha. I always thought it came from western world. But not to forget, Egyptian is one of the most advanced ancient civilization. So this modern thing has come from them. Thanks for sharing.

@Mousami. I totally agree, dinner is most important of meal. Having a meal together at the end of a day.

If we were to look back most of the inventions in any field came from either Egypt, India or China since they were the three oldest civilization s

usha manohar wrote:

If we were to look back most of the inventions in any field came from either Egypt, India or China since they were the three oldest civilization s

No doubt these civilization are oldest one. Which is more oldest it is question. I think India is most oldest civilization. These three civilization invent most of but its credit is always given to European countries.

To dine is to eat and a table used while eating is a dining table.

Sheetal Kumar N wrote:

To dine is to eat and a table used while eating is a dining table.

It is better that we also talk about dinning room.

anil wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

If we were to look back most of the inventions in any field came from either Egypt, India or China since they were the three oldest civilization s

No doubt these civilization are oldest one. Which is more oldest it is question. I think India is most oldest civilization. These three civilization invent most of but its credit is always given to European countries.

I am sure that it is not anyway far linked to Indian civilization. In most of the Asian countries, I think the tradition was to sit on the floor and eat. We had serving chowkis for food in front of us. Japanese still follow their tradition of sitting down and dining. 

Arunima Singh wrote:

anil wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

If we were to look back most of the inventions in any field came from either Egypt, India or China since they were the three oldest civilization s

No doubt these civilization are oldest one. Which is more oldest it is question. I think India is most oldest civilization. These three civilization invent most of but its credit is always given to European countries.

I am sure that it is not anyway far linked to Indian civilization. In most of the Asian countries, I think the tradition was to sit on the floor and eat. We had serving chowkis for food in front of us. Japanese still follow their tradition of sitting down and dining. 

We still sit on the floor and have Neal's at my ancestors hone , when we all gather for festivities , 3-4 times a year ..it is something I really look forward to !

usha manohar wrote:

Arunima Singh wrote:

anil wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

If we were to look back most of the inventions in any field came from either Egypt, India or China since they were the three oldest civilization s

No doubt these civilization are oldest one. Which is more oldest it is question. I think India is most oldest civilization. These three civilization invent most of but its credit is always given to European countries.

I am sure that it is not anyway far linked to Indian civilization. In most of the Asian countries, I think the tradition was to sit on the floor and eat. We had serving chowkis for food in front of us. Japanese still follow their tradition of sitting down and dining. 

We still sit on the floor and have Neal's at my ancestors hone , when we all gather for festivities , 3-4 times a year ..it is something I really look forward to !

I have experienced this tradition during my stay in Konkani area in Goa, and some other south Indian states besides in Assam, and Bengal. I have even eaten on Banana leaf in many states sitting both on chair and kitchen floor in many states. We in north India eat sitting on floor on certain special occasions.

suni51 wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

Arunima Singh wrote:

anil wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

If we were to look back most of the inventions in any field came from either Egypt, India or China since they were the three oldest civilization s

No doubt these civilization are oldest one. Which is more oldest it is question. I think India is most oldest civilization. These three civilization invent most of but its credit is always given to European countries.

I am sure that it is not anyway far linked to Indian civilization. In most of the Asian countries, I think the tradition was to sit on the floor and eat. We had serving chowkis for food in front of us. Japanese still follow their tradition of sitting down and dining. 

We still sit on the floor and have Neal's at my ancestors hone , when we all gather for festivities , 3-4 times a year ..it is something I really look forward to !

I have experienced this tradition during my stay in Konkani area in Goa, and some other south Indian states besides in Assam, and Bengal. I have even eaten on Banana leaf in many states sitting both on chair and kitchen floor in many states. We in north India eat sitting on floor on certain special occasions.

At my home, we still sit on the floor for our meals. And on special occasions such as Gauri Ganpati, etc. when I have my in-laws and my mother and everyone for the Naivedya, we draw elaborate colorful rangolis around the plates and use incense sticks. It is a very pleasant affair.

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

suni51 wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

Arunima Singh wrote:

anil wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

If we were to look back most of the inventions in any field came from either Egypt, India or China since they were the three oldest civilization s

No doubt these civilization are oldest one. Which is more oldest it is question. I think India is most oldest civilization. These three civilization invent most of but its credit is always given to European countries.

I am sure that it is not anyway far linked to Indian civilization. In most of the Asian countries, I think the tradition was to sit on the floor and eat. We had serving chowkis for food in front of us. Japanese still follow their tradition of sitting down and dining. 

We still sit on the floor and have Neal's at my ancestors hone , when we all gather for festivities , 3-4 times a year ..it is something I really look forward to !

I have experienced this tradition during my stay in Konkani area in Goa, and some other south Indian states besides in Assam, and Bengal. I have even eaten on Banana leaf in many states sitting both on chair and kitchen floor in many states. We in north India eat sitting on floor on certain special occasions.

At my home, we still sit on the floor for our meals. And on special occasions such as Gauri Ganpati, etc. when I have my in-laws and my mother and everyone for the Naivedya, we draw elaborate colorful rangolis around the plates and use incense sticks. It is a very pleasant affair.

That sounds so beautiful. It really enhances the joy of eating in a traditional beautiful way. In our house, dining table is for guests only. We have a center table of Japanese style. We sit around it on the floor to have our meal.

Arunima Singh wrote:

anil wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

If we were to look back most of the inventions in any field came from either Egypt, India or China since they were the three oldest civilization s

No doubt these civilization are oldest one. Which is more oldest it is question. I think India is most oldest civilization. These three civilization invent most of but its credit is always given to European countries.

I am sure that it is not anyway far linked to Indian civilization. In most of the Asian countries, I think the tradition was to sit on the floor and eat. We had serving chowkis for food in front of us. Japanese still follow their tradition of sitting down and dining. 

In India most of families have not dinning table, I also have not dinning table. In Rajasthan serving  chowkis for food still is fashion in Jaipur and Azmer region. Even in marriage they served food on chowkies.