genevre

See also: génèvre

Old French

Alternative forms

• geneivre, genoivre, geneifre, junevre

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Classical Latin iūniperus.

Noun

genevre oblique singular, m (oblique plural genevres, nominative singular genevres, nominative plural genevre)

1. juniper
2. juniper berry or extract from these berries

Descendants

• French: genièvre
• Jersey Norman: génèvre
• → Middle Dutch: genever, geniver, jenever
  • Dutch: genever, jenever
    • → English: jenever ⇒ gin

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (genievre, supplement)
• genevre on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub