Where does “cicloidal” come from?

cicloidal (Romanian) comes from French cycloïdal, from French -ál, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

cicloidal (Romanian): cycloidal

Definitions

  1. cycloidal

Ancestry of “cicloidal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcycloïdalcycloidal
2French-álal; appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form; often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from French -ál →