Etymology

brewhouse

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Today it means: The part of a brewery where the wort is made, as contrasted with the cellars and warehouses; a brewery (sometimes synonymous in cases involving a single building). Full definition →

Middle English brewhous ← Old English hūs ← Proto-West Germanic *hūs
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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. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewH-der.?
  7. Proto-Germanic*hūsą
  8. Proto-West Germanic*hūs
  9. Old Englishhūs
  10. Middle Englishhous
  11. Middle Englishbrewhous
  12. English todaybrewhouse

From Middle English brewhous, brouhous, brewehous, equivalent to brew + house. Compare Dutch brouwhuis (“brewhouse”).

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