Question: Where, in all probablility, does the word ‘beer’ come from?

Answer: The origin of the word ‘beer’ is uncertain. Etymologically, some linguists believe that there is a connection with the Latin ‘bibere’, which means ‘to drink’.

The primitive form of the word was probably either beura or beuza, which again bears a close family likeness to the word beuwu (barley). A further hypothesis adduces the early Sumerian word ‘bapir’, which means beer with a basis of bread. Reference is also made to the English barley, which means hops.

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