-al
Old French
suffix
Etymology
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
- -ālis Latin
- extemporalis Latin
- fūstis Latin
- -al German
- -al French
- -al Spanish, Castilian
- λέξις Ancient Greek
- *-li- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰh₁-m-eló- Proto-Indo-European
- -el Old French
- -al Catalan, Valencian
- -ales Translingual
- -ala Ido
- -al Norman
- -al Old Portuguese
- *-ālos Proto-Celtic