genevre

See also: génèvre

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *jeniperus, from Classical Latin iuniperus.

Noun

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

juniper
juniper berry or extract from these berries

Descendants

Dutch: jenever (borrowed)
- English: jenever (borrowed), gin (borrowed)
French: genièvre
Norman: génèvre (Jersey)

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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