Where does “bokal” come from?

bokal (Haitian Creole) comes from French bocal, from Italian boccale, from Italian -ale, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

bokal (Haitian Creole): jar

Definitions

  1. jar

Ancestry of “bokal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbocaljar; bowl
2Italianboccalejug; mug; pannikin
3Italian-aleAdded to nouns to form adjectives; -al
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Italian -ale →