Where does “ivre” come from?

ivre (Norman) comes from Old French yvre, from Latin ēbrius, from Proto-Indo-European h₁egʷʰ- — to drink.

ivre (Norman): drunk

Definitions

  1. drunk

Ancestry of “ivre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchyvredrunk; intoxicated
2Latinēbriusdrunk, drunken, intoxicated
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁egʷʰ-to drink

Words derived from “ivre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁egʷʰ- →Every word from Latin ēbrius →Every word from Old French yvre →