ALE - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
Categories: Beer
Synonyms
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "ale" comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-. It started in Proto-Germanic *alu. Then it appeared in Proto-West Germanic *alu. Later, people used it in Old English ealu. After that, it was Middle English ale. Many other languages have similar words:.
- Dutch: aal
- Swedish: öl
- Russian: ол
- Lithuanian: alus
- Armenian: օղի
- Latin: alum
- Ancient Greek: ἀλύδοιμος
🧩 Fun Fact
A word passing through this many languages survived because it named something universally important.