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Where does “breuvage” come from?

breuvage (French) comes from Old French bevrage, from Old French beivre, from Old French boivre, from Latin bibere, from Latin bibō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

breuvage (French): beverage; concoction, potion

Definitions

  1. beverage; concoction, potion

Ancestry of “breuvage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbevragedrink; beverage
2Old FrenchbeivreAlternative form of boivre
3Old Frenchboivreto drink; a drink
4Latinbiberethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Latinbibō—
6Latin-ilis-ile
7Proto-Italic-elis—
8Proto-Indo-European-elis—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “breuvage”

  • brebaje
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