You don't know the etymology of this word? This one has two, from an ancient Germanic language (Frankish) and from Dutch.

For the first origin, Old Frankish is bera, akin to English bier or German bahre. For the second, Dutch bier may derive either from a Germanic idiom (beuza for effervescence) or from Latin biber (meaning drink).

That said, there are many other ways of referring to these drinks, in France and around the world. In Mesopotamia, the term sikaru refers directly to the "accidental" origin of this drink. This Akkadian term (from the Mesopotamian region) can be translated as liquid bread.Other names were used to describe beer, particularly in the Middle Ages: barley wine, cervoise or gruit. The word beer began to become popular in the 15th century, thanks in particular to the decree of the French king Charles VII. The word bière was then written to regulate the trade of this alcohol in the Kingdom of France.

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