Where does “ale-blown” come from?
ale-blown (English) comes from English ale, from Italian alé, from French allez, from French aller, from Latin īre, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.
ale-blown (English): Drunk; inebriated; acting under the influence of ale or beer
Definitions
- Drunk; inebriated; acting under the influence of ale or beer
Ancestry of “ale-blown”, step by step
ale-blown traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ale | A beer made without hops; A beer produced by... |
| 2 | Italian | alé | let's go!, come on! |
| 3 | French | allez | second-person plural present indicative of aller;... |
| 4 | French | aller | to go |
| 5 | Latin | īre | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via English blown
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blown | distended, swollen or inflated; panting and out... |
| 2 | Middle English | blawen | Alternative form of blowen |
| 3 | Old English | blāƿen | — |
| 4 | Old English | blāwan | to blow, breathe, inflate, sound |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | blāan | to blow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blēaną | to blow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰléh₁- | to bleat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |