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Fromad-(“at, to”) +biber(“beverage, drink”,noun) +-āre(verb-forming suffix). The second element derives from Classicalbibere(“to drink”,verb). For the semantics, compareProto-Germanic*drankijaną(“to make drink; to water”).
*abbiberāre(Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
Some descendants reflect a metathesis of original /β/ and the following /r/.