Where does “morale” come from?

Morale derives from French moral, from Middle French moral, from Latin moralis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mē-, with the Latin suffix -alis forming adjectives.

morale (English): The capacity of people to maintain belief in an...

Definitions

  1. The capacity of people to maintain belief in an...

Ancestry of “morale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchmoraleEthics, morality; feminine singular of moral
2LatinmōrālisOf or pertaining to manners, morals or ethics; moral
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “morale”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin mōrālis →