Where does “parietal” come from?

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

parietal (Romanian): parietal

Definitions

  1. parietal

Ancestry of “parietal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpariétalparietal
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 →