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Beer en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɪɚ/

Etymology

From Old English bearu (“grove”), from Proto-West Germanic *baru, from Proto-Germanic *barwaz (“grove”).

Meanings

1. A village in East Devon district, Devon, England.

Deriveds

Beer Hackett

Beer en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

* As an English surname, from the place name in Devon (see Etymology 1 above); also from Old English bār (“boar”). * As a north German and Dutch surname, from beer (“bear”). See also the surnames Baer and Bahr. * As an Alemannic German surname, spelling variant of Bier (“beer”).

Meanings

1. A surname.

Deriveds

Beer-Lambert-Bouguer law · Lambert-Beer law · Beer-Lambert law