Where does “moral” come from?

moral (Middle English) comes from Old French moral, from Latin mōrālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

Ancestry of “moral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmoral
2LatinmōrālisOf or pertaining to manners, morals or ethics; moral
3Latin-ālis
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “moral

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis