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Origin and history of trave

trave(n.)

late 14c. (mid-13c. in surnames), "beam crossing a building," from Old French traf "crossbeam," from Latin trabem (nominative trabs) "beam," from PIE *treb- "dwelling" (see tavern). Also compare Medieval Latin traves, Anglo-Latin trava. from variants of trabs. Also from late 14c. as "enclosure or frame for a horse" being shod, etc., but the sense connection is "difficult" (OED, 1989).

also from late 14c.

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tavern(n.)

c. 1300, "establishment that sells and serves drinks and food," from Old French taverne (mid-13c.) "shed made of boards, booth, stall," also "tavern, inn," from Latin taberna "shop, inn, tavern," originally "hut, shed, rude dwelling."

For -b- to -v- shift, compare Old French governer "to steer" from Latin gubernare. Taverner "tavern-keeper" as a surname is from late 12c.; Taberner is attested from late 13c. as a surname, perhaps from Latin tabernarius. 

Þe tauerne is þe deueles scole hous, for pere studieþ his disciples, and þere lerneþ his scolers, and þere is his owne chapel, þere men and wommen redeþ and syngeþ and serueþ hym. [The Book of Vices and Virtues, c.1400]
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    late 14c., "to undergo or suffer" (especially without breaking); also "to continue in existence," from Old French endurer (12c.) "make hard, harden; bear, tolerate; keep up, maintain," from Latin indurare "make hard," in Late Latin "harden (the heart) against," from in- (from PIE
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    1660s, "frightening," from Latin terrificus "causing terror or fear, frightful," from terrere "fill with fear" (see terrible) + combining form of facere "to make" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). Weakened sensed of "very great, severe" (as in terrific headache) appeared 1809;
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