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Where does “moral” come from?

moral (Old French) comes from Latin mōrālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

Ancestry of “moral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmōrālis—
2Latin-ālis—
3Proto-Italic-ālis—

Words derived from “moral”

  • moral
  • morally
  • morals
  • immoral
  • morale
  • moralist
  • moralistic
  • amoral
  • moralism
  • nonmoral
  • unmoral
  • moralization
  • immorally
  • immoralist
  • sociomoral
  • amoralism
  • immoralism
  • premoral
  • moralistically
  • amoralist
  • amorally
  • extramoral
  • antimoral
  • nonmoralistic
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