Where does “boire” come from?

boire (French) comes from Middle French boire, from Old French boivre, 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.

boire (French): to drink

Definitions

  1. to drink

Ancestry of “boire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchboireto drink
2Old Frenchboivreto drink; a drink
3Latinbiberethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
4Latinbibōto drink
5Latin-ilis-ile
6Proto-Italic-elis
7Proto-Indo-European-elis
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “boire

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós
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