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Where does “brewed” come from?

Brewed comes from Old English bru, from Proto-Germanic brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs, ultimately derived from the root bʰer- meaning "to carry or bear."

brewed (English): simple past tense and past participle of brew

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of brew

Ancestry of “brewed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbrewTo make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or...
2English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
3Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
4Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
5Latin-āre—
6Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
7Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “brewed”

  • homebrewed
  • microbrewed
  • unbrewed
  • nonbrewed
  • hellbrewed
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