Where does “abréver” come from?

abréver (Norman) comes from Vulgar Latin abbibero, 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.

abréver (Norman): to water (cattle, horses)

Definitions

  1. to water (cattle, horses)

Ancestry of “abréver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar LatinabbiberoI water
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós