Where does “Beveridge” come from?
Beveridge (English) comes from Middle English beverage, from Old French beverage, from Old French beivre, from Old French boivre, from Latin bibere, from Latin bibō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Ancestry of “Beveridge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | beverage | An beverage or beverages; Such a beverage used... |
| 2 | Old French | beverage | Alternative form of bevrage |
| 3 | Old French | beivre | Alternative form of boivre |
| 4 | Old French | boivre | to drink; a drink |
| 5 | Latin | bibere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | bibō | to drink |
| 7 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |