Where does “alemonger” come from?
alemonger (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.
alemonger (English): A seller of ale
Ancestry of “alemonger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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; to be going ; will soon; to be |
| 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 |