Where does “Admiral” come from?

Admiral (German) comes from English Admiral, from Middle English admiral, from Old French amiral, from Latin amiralis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

Admiral (German): admiral male or of unspecified gender

Definitions

  1. admiral male or of unspecified gender

Ancestry of “Admiral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAdmiralA naval officer title
2Middle Englishadmiral—
3Old Frenchamiraladmiral
4Latinamiralis—
5Latin-ālis—
6Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “Admiral”

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