Cerve - another Spanish nickname for beer, obviously a shortening of the longer cerveza. The short form shows some similarity with the Welsh cwrw, which, being a Celtic word, is probably related. Of course, some people just have to insist that absolutely everything comes from the Romans, in spite of the fact that beer was admittedly not popular among Roman people and closely associated with Barbarian tribes outside the empire, like the Germans and Celts. Notice how even the Slavic pivo is ultimately Latin in origin. Some people...
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