Where does “fogal” come from?

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

fogal (Portuguese): hearth tax, a tax levied on each household

Definitions

  1. hearth tax, a tax levied on each household

Ancestry of “fogal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-alappended to noun X, forms adjectives meaning “of...
2Old Portuguese-al—
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Portuguese -al →