Word Origin & History
tavern
c.1297 (in Anglo-Fr. from 1286), "wine shop," later "public house" (c.1440), from O.Fr. taverne (1256) "shed made of boards, booth, stall," also "tavern, inn," from L. taberna "shop, inn, tavern," originally "hut, shed," possibly by dissimilation from *traberna, from trabs (gen. trabis) "beam, timber."