Where does “boreal” come from?

boreal (Romanian) comes from French boréal, from Latin boreālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

boreal (Romanian): northern, boreal

Definitions

  1. northern, boreal

Ancestry of “boreal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchboréalboreal
2Latinboreālisnorthern
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin boreālis →