Where does “tavern” come from?

Tavern comes from Old French taverne, from Latin taberna, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European treb-, a root relating to wooden structures.

tavern (English): A building containing a bar licensed to sell...

Definitions

  1. A building containing a bar licensed to sell...

Ancestry of “tavern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtavernebar, pub
2Old Frenchtavernetavern
3Latintabernashop, store; inn; tavern, saloon
4Latintrabstimber, beam, rafter; tree trunk; penis
5Indo-European*treb-

Words derived from “tavern

Every word from Indo-European *treb-