Etymology

-al

Today it means: Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also. Full definition →

Middle English -al
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-al · suffix1

  1. Middle English · inherited from-al
  2. English today-al

From Middle English -al, from the Latin adjective suffix -ālis, or French, Middle French and Old French -el, -al. Distant doublet of -ar.

-al · suffix2

  1. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  2. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  3. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  4. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  5. Latinalcohol
  6. Proto-Indo-European*de
  7. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  8. Proto-Italic*dē
  9. Latindē
  10. Latinde-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  13. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  14. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  15. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  16. GermanAldehyd
  17. Englishaldehydeclip.
  18. English today-al

Clipping of aldehyde.

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