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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin cervēs(i)a.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cervesa f (plural cerveses)

  1. beer

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Latin

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Etymology

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From a derivative of Proto-Celtic *kurmi. First documented in Pliny.

information on variants

Cervēsa was by far the most common form in Classical Latin and is particularly well-represented in the Vindolanda tablets. In Late Latin it was marginalised in favour of cervēsia, cervisa, cervisia.[1] The variant vowel ⟨i⟩ for the second syllable seems to have been short, judging by the Romance outcomes, although the Italian cervigia would suggest an additional cervīsia if it is in fact native.[2] Cf. also the Old Spanish çervisa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cervēsa f (genitive cervēsae); first declension

  1. Celtic wheat-beer

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cervēsa cervēsae
Genitive cervēsae cervēsārum
Dative cervēsae cervēsīs
Accusative cervēsam cervēsās
Ablative cervēsā cervēsīs
Vocative cervēsa cervēsae

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Descendants

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(generally via the form cervēsia)

  • Italo-Romance:
    • >? Old Italian: cervigia
  • Padanian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: (unattested?)
      • Galician: cervexa
      • Portuguese: cerveja (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Spanish: cervesa, çervisa
      • Spanish: cerveza (see there for further descendants)
  • Borrowings:

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  1. ^ Nelson, Max. 2001. Beer in Graeco-Roman Antiquity. Thesis. University of British Columbia. Page 56.
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “cerveza”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 56

Further reading

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  • cervisia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cervīsia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Occitan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin cervēs(i)a.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cervesa f (plural cervesas)

  1. beer
    Synonym: bièrra

Old Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin cervēs(i)a.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cervesa f (plural cervesas)

  1. beer

Descendants

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  • Spanish: cerveza (see there for further descendants)

References

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