Etymology

tavern

tav·ern
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Today it means: A restaurant or bar. Full definition →

Middle English taverne ← Old French taverne ← Latin taberna
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  1. Latin · derived fromtaberna“inn”
  2. Old French · derived fromtaverne“wine shop”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromtaverne
  4. English todaytavern

From Middle English taverne, from Old French taverne (“wine shop”), from Latin taberna (“inn”). Doublet of taberna and taverna.

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.