amiral
Old French
noun
Definitions
- admiral military officer
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَمِير اَلْبَحْر (commander of the fleet).
Origin
Arabic
أَمِير اَلْبَحْر
Gloss
commander of the fleet
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- admiral English
- amiralis Latin
- admiraal Dutch, Flemish
- amiral French
- amiral Middle English
- أَمِير اَلْبَحْر Arabic
- أَمِيرُ البَحْر Arabic
- amirail Old French
- ammirael Middle Dutch