Where does “bocal” come from?

bocal (French) comes from Italian boccale, from Italian -ale, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

bocal (French): jar; bowl

Definitions

  1. jar; bowl

Ancestry of “bocal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianboccalejug; mug; pannikin
2Italian-aleAdded to nouns to form adjectives; -al
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “bocal”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →