Where does “Vizeadmiral” come from?

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

Vizeadmiral (German): vice admiral

Definitions

  1. vice admiral

Ancestry of “Vizeadmiral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAdmiraladmiral male or of unspecified gender
2EnglishAdmiralA naval officer title
3Middle Englishadmiral—
4Old Frenchamiraladmiral
5Latinamiralis—
6Latin-ālis—
7Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin amiralis →