English

aledraper

ale + draper

A compound of ale + draper

Proto-Germanic *alu ‘beer’

Proto-West Germanic *alu ‘beer’

Old English ealu ‘beer’

Middle English ale

English ale

Late Latin drappus ‘piece of cloth’

Old French drap ‘clothing’

Old French drapier

Anglo-Norman draper

Middle English draper

Today it means

noun An innkeeper.

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

Etymograph / aledraper