genevre

See also: génèvre

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *jeniperus, from Classical Latin iuniperus.

Noun

genevre oblique singular, m (oblique plural genevres, nominative singular genevres, nominative plural genevre)

1. juniper
2. juniper berry or extract from these berries

Descendants

• French: genièvre
• Jersey Norman: génèvre
• → Dutch: jenever
  • → English: jenever
    • ⇒ English: gin

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (genievre, supplement)
• genevre on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub