ale

a pint of ale (1)

Meaning

Noun

  • A beer made without hops.
  • A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized.
  • A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.

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Origin

  • From Middle English ale, from Old English ealu, ealo, from Proto-West Germanic *alu, from Proto-Germanic *alu (compare Dutch aal, Swedish öl), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- ("beer"), or *h₂elu-. Compare Russian ол, Lithuanian alus, Armenian օղի; compare also Latin alum ("comfrey"), alūta, Ancient Greek ἀλύδοιμος ("bitter").

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