Where does “bwè” come from?
bwè (Haitian Creole) comes from Manx boir, from French boire, from Middle French boire, from Old French boivre, from Latin bibere, from Latin bibō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
bwè (Haitian Creole): to drink
Definitions
- to drink
Ancestry of “bwè”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manx | boir | — |
| 2 | French | boire | to drink |
| 3 | Middle French | boire | to drink |
| 4 | Old French | boivre | to drink; a drink |
| 5 | Latin | bibere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | bibō | to drink |
| 7 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |