Beverage
/ˈbɛv.ər.ɪdʒ/noun
A drink, especially one other than water.
Did you know?Beverage comes through Old French from a Latin root tied to drinking, and English reshaped it into a fancy noun for a drink long before modern marketing made it feel elegant.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*peh₃-
“to drink”
Latin
Latin
bibere
“to drink”
Late Latin
Latin
bibere + -aticum
“a drink or drinking payment/custom”
Old French
Old French
bevrage
“drink, beverage”
Middle English
English
beverag(e)
“a drink, especially a drink of some kind or other”
Modern English
English
beverage
“a drink, especially one other than water”