Etymology

brewer

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Today it means: A person who brews (vocationally or avocationally); especially, one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors, usually as part of an alemaking or beermaking process. Full definition →

Middle English brewere ← Old English brēowan ← Proto-West Germanic *breuwan
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewh₁-
  2. Proto-Germanic*brewwaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*breuwan
  4. Old Englishbrēowan
  5. Middle Englishbrewen
  6. Middle Englishbrewere
  7. English todaybrewer

From Middle English brewere, equivalent to brew + -er; compare Dutch brouwer, Swedish bryggare.

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