Where does “ale-washed” come from?

ale-washed (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-washed (English): Drunk; inebriated; acting under the influence of ale or beer

Definitions

  1. Drunk; inebriated; acting under the influence of ale or beer

Ancestry of “ale-washed”, step by step

ale-washed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaleA beer made without hops; A beer produced by...
2Italianalélet's go!, come on!
3Frenchallezsecond-person plural present indicative of aller;...
4Frenchallerto go
5Latinīre
6Proto-ItalicI go
7Proto-Italicejō
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via English washed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwashedsimple past tense and past participle of wash
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-