Where does “beer” come from?

beer (Latin) comes from Latin beo, from Proto-Italic dweos, from Proto-Italic dwejos, from Proto-Indo-European dew- — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

beer (Latin): first-person singular present passive subjunctive...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive...

Ancestry of “beer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinbeoI bless; I gladden; I enrich
2Proto-Italicdweoshappy
3Proto-Italicdwejos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dew- →Every word from Proto-Italic dwejos →Every word from Proto-Italic dweos →