Where does “beben” come from?

beben (Galician) comes from Galician beber, from Old Portuguese beber, 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.

beben (Galician): third-person plural present indicative of beber

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present indicative of beber

Ancestry of “beben”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianbeberto drink
2Old Portuguesebeber—
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin bibō →