Where does “bocael” come from?

bocael (Middle Dutch) comes from French bocal, from Italian boccale, from Italian -ale, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

Ancestry of “bocael”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bocael

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis
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