Where does “umbilical” come from?
umbilical (Galician) comes from Galician -al, from Old Portuguese -al, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.
umbilical (Galician): umbilical
Ancestry of “umbilical”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Galician | -al | — |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | -al | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | — |