genevre

See also: génèvre

Old French

Alternative forms

geneivre, genoivre, geneifre, junevre

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Classical Latin iūniperus.

Noun

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

juniper
juniper berry or extract from these berries

Descendants

French: genièvre
Jersey Norman: génèvre
→ Middle Dutch: genever, geniver, jenever
- Dutch: genever, jenever
  - → English: jenever ⇒ 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

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