The story
- Latin · derived fromcardinālis“pertaining to a hinge (hence applied to that on which something turns or depends), important, principal, chief”
- English todaycardinal virtue
From Latin cardinālis (“pertaining to a hinge (hence applied to that on which something turns or depends), important, principal, chief”).
Words from the same roots
Latincardinālis all →
cardinalcharnel
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.