English

ale-blown

From ale + blown.

A compound of ale + blown

Proto-Germanic *alu ‘beer’

Proto-West Germanic *alu ‘beer’

Old English ealu ‘beer’

Middle English ale

English ale

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- ‘to swell, blow up’

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Proto-West Germanic *blāan ‘to blow’

Old English blāwan ‘to blow’

Old English blāƿen

Middle English blawen

English blown

Today it means

adj Drunk; inebriated; acting under the influence of ale or beer.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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