Where does “bocal” come from?
bocal (French) comes from Italian boccale, from Italian -ale, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.
bocal (French): jar; bowl
Ancestry of “bocal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | boccale | jug; mug; pannikin |
| 2 | Italian | -ale | Added to nouns to form adjectives; -al |
| 3 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | — |
Words derived from “bocal”