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Where does “boréal” come from?

boréal (French) comes from Latin boreālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

boréal (French): boreal

Definitions

  1. boreal

Ancestry of “boréal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinboreālis—
2Latin-ālis—
3Proto-Italic-ālis—

Words derived from “boréal”

  • boreal
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →