Where does “pétéchial” come from?

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

pétéchial (French): petechial

Definitions

  1. petechial

Ancestry of “pétéchial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-álal; appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form; often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
2Latin-ālis—
3Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from French -ál →
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