The story
- Old English · inherited frombrȳdealo“wedding ale; wedding feast”
- Middle English · inherited frombridale
- English todaybridal
From Middle English bridale, from Old English brȳdealo (“wedding ale; wedding feast”). The attributive usage was strengthened by association with bride + -al.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbrȳdealo all →
bride-ale
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.