Where does “admiral” come from?

admiral (Cebuano) comes from English Admiral, from Middle English admiral, from Old French amiral, from Latin amiralis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

admiral (Cebuano): an admiral

Definitions

  1. an admiral

Ancestry of “admiral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAdmiralA naval officer title
2Middle Englishadmiral—
3Old Frenchamiraladmiral
4Latinamiralis—
5Latin-ālis—
6Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin amiralis →