The story
- Arabic · derived fromأمير المؤمنين
- Arabic · derived fromال
- Arabic · borrowed fromأَمِير“commander, prince”
- English todayAmirul
Ultimately from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). A case of rebracketing, the -l probably comes from Arabic ال (al-), through it being a shortening of Arabic أمير المؤمنين (ʔamīr al-muʔminīn). Doublet of admiral.
Words from the same roots
Arabicأَمِير all →
admiralamiremiramira
Arabicال all →
almondAlbacete
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.