Where does “parietal” come from?

parietal (Portuguese) comes from Latin parietālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

parietal (Portuguese): relating to walls of a room; that which is...

Definitions

  1. relating to walls of a room; that which is...

Ancestry of “parietal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinparietālisparietal
2Latin-ālis—
3Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin parietālis →