Where does “admiral” come from?

admiral (Indonesian) comes from Dutch admiraal, from Middle Dutch ammirael, from Old French amiral, from Latin amiralis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

admiral (Indonesian): admiral

Definitions

  1. admiral

Ancestry of “admiral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchadmiraalAdmiral
2Middle Dutchammirael—
3Old Frenchamiraladmiral
4Latinamiralis—
5Latin-ālis—
6Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin amiralis →