Where does “-al” come from?

-al (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese -al, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

-al (Galician): al

Definitions

  1. al

Ancestry of “-al”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguese-al—
2Latin-ālis—
3Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “-al”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Old Portuguese -al →