“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy”
.
These precursor words are from Benjamin Franklin.
Beer is popular.
Have we not recently seen Prime Minister Boris Johnson celebrate the reopening of pubs by savoring this sparkling beverage?
But let's go back to its origin. In the 15th century, it
"evicted the cervoise, of Gallic origin"
, underlines the Treasury of the French language.
“The new word corresponds to a new technique: beer with hops”
. The latter is a plant cultivated in particular in the east and the north of France, and whose cones are used in the manufacture of beer. The
“beer with hops”
became popular, and supplanted the
“beer without hops”
(our beer).
Doubt persists on the exact etymology of the term: is it a borrowing from Middle German
bier
or from Dutch
bier
?
One thing is certain:
"German beers seemed to be very well known at the time, and brewing and hop cultivation were very developed in the Middle Ages, in Flanders and in the Netherlands"
, notes the thesaurus.
The influence of Dutch therefore appears to be
“preponderant”
.
Do you know the connection between beer and war?
Do you know what a
"little beer" is
in colloquial terms?
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Figaro
test
.
Health!