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Originally Posted by jayswin
Hang on, I'm like Cecil - not a lot of dining out. But I've read the term "pub fare/high end fare" on CP for years relating to food, now it's actually 'faire'?
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Interesting, l had long assumed it came from the French for making making food, IE: "faire du pain" or "faire un gateau" (make bread, bake a cake) but Google says that fare in terms of food actually comes from Middle English/Germanic Fahren and is used for talking about paying money for a conveyance (ie: modern Taxi Fare) or possibly buying food? Don't fully understand the etymology here.