English

abrew

From a- + brew.

Formed from a- + brew

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- ‘to brew’

Proto-Germanic *brewwaną ‘to brew’

Proto-West Germanic *breuwan ‘to brew’

Old English brēowan ‘to brew’

Middle English brewen ‘to brew’

English brew

Today it means

adj brewing, developing, coming into being

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