Where does “-al” come from?

-al (Old French) comes from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

-al (Old French): suffix used to form adjectives from nouns

Definitions

  1. suffix used to form adjectives from nouns

Ancestry of “-al”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ālis
2Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “-al

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis