Where does “rival” come from?

rival (Chavacano) comes from Spanish rival, from Latin rīvālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

rival (Chavacano): rival

Definitions

  1. rival

Ancestry of “rival”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishrivaladverse, rival; rival
2LatinrīvālisOf or pertaining to a brook
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin rīvālis →