Where does “boréal” come from?

boréal (French) comes from Latin boreālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

boréal (French): boreal

Definitions

  1. boreal

Ancestry of “boréal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinboreālisnorthern
2Latin-ālis—
3Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “boréal”

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