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...
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- The capacity of people to maintain belief in an...
Ancestry of “morale”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | morale | Ethics, morality; feminine singular of moral |
| 2 | Latin | mōrālis | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | — |
Words derived from “morale”