Where does “ale” come from?

ale (Portuguese) 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 (Portuguese): ale a type of English beer

Definitions

  1. ale a type of English beer

Ancestry of “ale”, step by step

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éytiEvery word from Proto-Italic ejō