Where does “beverage” come from?
beverage (Middle English) comes from Old French beverage, 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.
beverage (Middle English): An beverage or beverages; Such a beverage used...
Definitions
- An beverage or beverages; Such a beverage used...
Ancestry of “beverage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | beverage | Alternative form of bevrage |
| 2 | Old French | beivre | Alternative form of boivre |
| 3 | Old French | boivre | to drink; a drink |
| 4 | Latin | bibere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | bibō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “beverage”