Where does “nonbeverage” come from?

nonbeverage (English) comes from English beverage, 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 — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

nonbeverage (English): That which is not a beverage

Definitions

  1. That which is not a beverage

Ancestry of “nonbeverage”, step by step

nonbeverage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English beverage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbeverageA liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea,...
2Middle EnglishbeverageAn beverage or beverages; Such a beverage used...
3Old FrenchbeverageAlternative form of bevrage
4Old FrenchbeivreAlternative form of boivre
5Old Frenchboivreto drink; a drink
6Latinbiberethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
7Latinbibōto drink
8Latin-ilis-ile
9Proto-Italic-elis
10Proto-Indo-European-elis
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English non

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnonObsolete form of none
2Frenchnonno; not; a no, a negative response
3Old Frenchnonno; not; Alternative form of nom
4Latinnōnnot
5Old Latinnoenum
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós
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