Where does “admiral” come from?

admiral (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old French admiral, from Medieval Latin admiralis, from Latin amiralis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

admiral (Norwegian Nynorsk): an admiral

Definitions

  1. an admiral

Ancestry of “admiral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchadmiral—
2Medieval Latinadmiralis—
3Latinamiralis—
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin amiralis →