English
alumish
From alum + -ish.
Formed from alum + -ish
Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- ‘beer’
Latin alūmen
Anglo-Norman alum
Middle English alym ‘any alum, especially potash alum’
English alum
Today it means
adj Somewhat like alum.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / alumish