Where does “double India pale ale” come from?
double India pale ale (English) comes from English India pale ale, from English India, from Old English Indea, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁, from Sanskrit सिन्धु.
double India pale ale (English): A stronger, more hoppy variety of India pale ale
Definitions
- A stronger, more hoppy variety of India pale ale
Ancestry of “double India pale ale”, step by step
double India pale ale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English India pale ale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | India pale ale | A beer, with a high level of alcohol and hops, traditionally made for export from Britain to India |
| 2 | English | India | A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma |
| 3 | Old English | Indea | India |
| 4 | Latin | India | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδία | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδός | an inhabitant of India or the Indian... |
| 7 | Old Persian | 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 | India; people living beyond the Indus |
| 8 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु | a river, stream; flood, waters; ocean, sea |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | síndʰuṣ | river, ocean; flow |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | síndʰuš | river, stream |
| 11 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु॑ | — |