Where does “rival” come from?

rival (German) comes from Latin rīvālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

rival (German): rivalrous

Definitions

  1. rivalrous

Ancestry of “rival”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinrīvālisOf or pertaining to a brook
2Latin-ālis—
3Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “rival”

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