defervesce

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰrewh₁-“to boil; to brew”
2. Latin · borrowed fromdēfervēscere
3. English todaydefervesce

Borrowed from Latin dēfervēscere, from dē- (prefix denoting removal, reversal, or undoing) + fervēscō (“to grow hot, to begin to boil”), from ferveō (“to be hot; to boil; to burn; to be agitated or inflamed”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; to brew”).

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