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Where does “corael” come from?

corael (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French coral, from Latin corallium, from Ancient Greek κοράλλιον, from Ancient Greek ἅλς, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “corael”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcoral—
2Latincoralliumcoral
3Ancient Greekκοράλλιονcoral
4Ancient Greekἅλςsalt; brine; sea
5Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “corael”

  • kraal
  • kraalhead
  • koraal
  • kraal
  • koraalrood
  • koraaleiland
  • crael
  • kraal
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