Where does “alehouse” come from?
Alehouse comes from Middle English alehuse, from Old English ealuhūs, a compound of ealu (ale) and hūs (house).
alehouse (English): A business, such as an inn or tavern, where ale...
Definitions
- A business, such as an inn or tavern, where ale...
Ancestry of “alehouse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | alehous | — |
| 2 | Middle English | ale | ale |
| 3 | Old English | ealu | beer, ale |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | ālu | awl |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ēlō | awl |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ólos | awl |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ēl- | awl, prong |