Where does “abreuvement” come from?
abreuvement (French) comes from French abreuver, from Vulgar Latin abbiberare, from Latin bibere, from Latin bibō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
abreuvement (French): The act of watering (plants) or giving water (animals)
Definitions
- The act of watering (plants) or giving water (animals)
Ancestry of “abreuvement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | abreuver | to water (cattle, fields etc.), give water to (a person) |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | abbiberare | — |
| 3 | Latin | bibere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | bibō | to drink |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |