Where does “admirał” come from?

admirał (Polish) comes from German Admiral, from English Admiral, from Middle English admiral, from Old French amiral, from Latin amiralis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

Ancestry of “admirał”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAdmiraladmiral male or of unspecified gender
2EnglishAdmiralA naval officer title
3Middle Englishadmiral—
4Old Frenchamiraladmiral
5Latinamiralis—
6Latin-ālis—
7Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “admirał”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin amiralis →