Where does “metacarpale” come from?

metacarpale (Italian) comes from Italian -ale, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

metacarpale (Italian): metacarpal; metacarpal, metacarpal bone

Definitions

  1. metacarpal; metacarpal, metacarpal bone

Ancestry of “metacarpale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-aleAdded to nouns to form adjectives; -al
2Latin-ālis—
3Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Italian -ale →