Etymology

beerhouse

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Today it means: A tavern or restaurant in which the primary drink served is beer. Full definition →

Middle English beerhouse ← Old English *bēorhūs ← Proto-West Germanic *beuʀahūs
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*beuʀahūs“beerhouse”
  2. Old English · inherited from*bēorhūs
  3. Middle English · inherited frombeerhouse
  4. English todaybeerhouse

From Middle English beerhouse, from Old English *bēorhūs, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀahūs (“beerhouse”), equivalent to beer + house.

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