Where does “nasaal” come from?

nasaal (Dutch) comes from French nasal, from Latin nāsālis, from Latin nāsus, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

nasaal (Dutch): nasal, relating to the nose and/or a quality imparted by means of it

Definitions

  1. nasal, relating to the nose and/or a quality imparted by means of it

Ancestry of “nasaal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnasalnasal
2Latinnāsālisnasal
3LatinnāsusThe nose
4Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin nāsus →