Shallow containers used for serving or cooking food. Can also refer to prepared foods served as part of a meal, or as a verb meaning to serve food.
From Old English 'disc' borrowed from Latin 'discus' (disk, plate) from Greek 'diskos' (disk). The culinary meaning evolved from the container to include the food served in it.
The Olympic discus throw and your dinner dishes share the same ancient Greek root word meaning 'disk'. Ancient Greeks literally threw their plates - just not during dinner!
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