Where does “admirail” come from?

admirail (Middle English) comes from Old French amiral, from Latin amiralis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

Ancestry of “admirail”, step by step

admirail traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French amiral

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchamiraladmiral
2Latinamiralis—
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

via Old French amirail

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchamirailAlternative form of amiral
2Arabicأَمِير الْبَحْرcommander of the fleet

via Medieval Latin admiralis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinadmiralis—
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin amiralis →