Where does “beer” come from?

beer (Middle French) comes from Old French beer, from Late Latin batāre.

Ancestry of “beer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbeerto open; to pant; to breathe heavily; to desire;...
2Late Latinbatāre—

Words derived from “beer”

Every word from Late Latin batāre →Every word from Old French beer →