-al
French
suffix
Definitions
- al of or pertaining to, adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
Etymology
Inherited from Old French -al borrowed from Latin -ālis (suffix used to form adjectives from nouns numerals).
Origin
Latin
-ālis
Gloss
suffix used to form adjectives from nouns numerals
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -al English
- -ial English
- acrotrichial English
- anticestodal English
- -ālis Latin
- extemporalis Latin
- familia Latin
- fūstis Latin
- -al German
- -ale Italian
- -al Spanish, Castilian
- θεμέλιος Ancient Greek
- λέξις Ancient Greek
- *-li- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰh₁-m-eló- Proto-Indo-European
- -al Old French
- -el Old French
- -al Catalan, Valencian
- -ales Translingual
- -al- Ido
- -ala Ido
- -al Norman
- -al Old Portuguese
- *-ālos Proto-Celtic
- *famelos Proto-Italic