Where does “abreuver” come from?

abreuver (French) comes 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.

abreuver (French): to water (cattle, fields etc.), give water to (a person)

Definitions

  1. to water (cattle, fields etc.), give water to (a person)

Ancestry of “abreuver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinabbiberare
2Latinbiberethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
3Latinbibōto drink
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis
6Proto-Indo-European-elis
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “abreuver

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ilisEvery word from Latin bibō