Etymograph

English

abreuvoir

Abreuvoir comes from French abreuvoir ‘a watering place’, from Latin bibō ‘to drink’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₃-‘to drink’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*píph₃eti‘to drink, to be drinking’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pibō‘to drink’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbibōas bibere‘to drink’
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*abbiberāre‘water’reconstructed
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentabreuver‘to water, give water to (a person)’
  7. French, derivedc. 1600–presentabreuvoir‘a watering place’
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₃-‘to drink’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*píph₃eti‘to drink, to be drinking’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pibō‘to drink’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbibōas bibere‘to drink’
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*abbiberāre‘water’reconstructed
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentabreuver‘to water, give water to (a person)’
  7. French, derivedc. 1600–presentabreuvoir‘a watering place’
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- ‘to drink’

symposium, 19 more

through Latin bibō ‘to drink’

beverage, bib, imbibe, 7 more

Today it means

noun A cold water drinking fountain (for people) typically found in a public location; more generally, any fountain or water source (including for animals like birds, horses etc).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- / abreuvoir

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