LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

abbiberāre

*abbiberāre

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionwater (cattle, fields, etc.)

Origins

From ad- (“at, to”) + biber (“beverage, drink”, noun) + -āre (verb-forming suffix). The second element derives from Classical bibere (“to drink”, verb). For the semantics, compare Proto-Germanic *drankijaną (“to make drink; to water”).

Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanabeurar
  • Occitanabeurar
  • Gasconabeverarfrom Occitan abeurar
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseabeberar
  • Spanishabrevar
  • Aragoneseabrevar
  • Aragonesebrevar
  • Asturianabebentar
  • Galicianabeberar
Italo-Romance
  • Italianabbeverare
  • Sicilianabbivirari
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchabreuverfrom Old French abevrer
  • Franco-Provençalabevrar
  • Franco-Provençalaréâr
  • Normanabréverfrom Old French abevrer
  • Picardabruverfrom Old French abevrer
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianbeverâ
  • Romanshbavrer
  • Romanshbavrar
Gallo-Italic
  • Piedmonteseboré
  • Piedmontesebauré
  • Piedmontesebuvré

Quick answers

What does abbiberāre mean in Latin?
abbiberāre, a verb, means “water (cattle, fields, etc.)”.