English

alepole

From ale + pole.

A compound of ale + pole

Proto-Germanic *alu ‘beer’

Proto-West Germanic *alu ‘beer’

Old English ealu ‘beer’

Middle English ale

English ale

Latin pālus ‘stake, pale, prop, stay’

Proto-West Germanic *pālu ‘pole, stake’

Proto-West Germanic *pāl

Old English pāl ‘a pole, stake, post’

Middle English pole ‘pole, stake, staff’

English pole

Today it means

noun A pole erected as an indication of an alehouse.

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