Where does “אַדמיראַל” come from?

אַדמיראַל (Yiddish) comes from Old French admiral, from Medieval Latin admiralis, from Latin amiralis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

אַדמיראַל (Yiddish): admiral

Definitions

  1. admiral

Ancestry of “אַדמיראַל”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchadmiral—
2Medieval Latinadmiralis—
3Latinamiralis—
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin amiralis →