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Where does “brewis” come from?

brewis (English) comes from Old French broet, from Old French breu, from Old French brodittum, from Latin brodum, from Frankish broþ, from Proto-Germanic bruþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰer- — to bear, carry.

brewis (English): a kind of broth thickened with bread or meal

Definitions

  1. a kind of broth thickened with bread or meal

Ancestry of “brewis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbroetstew, soup made from meat broth
2Old Frenchbreu—
3Old Frenchbrodittum—
4Latinbrodumbroth, stew
5Frankishbroþbroth
6Proto-Germanicbruþąbroth
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewh₁-to boil; to brew
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-to bear, carry
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