Where does “boire” come from?

boire (Middle French) comes from Old French boivre, 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.

boire (Middle French): to drink

Definitions

  1. to drink

Ancestry of “boire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchboivreto drink; a drink
2Latinbiberethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
3Latinbibōto drink
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “boire”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin bibō →