familial

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*-li-
2. Latin · derived from-ālis
3. French · derived from-al
4. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰh₁-m-eló-
5. Latin · derived fromfamilia“family (in the sense of the slaves working for a household); household”
6. French · derived fromfamilial“relating to a family; familial”
7. English todayfamilial

From French familial (“relating to a family; familial”), from Latin familia (“family (in the sense of the slaves working for a household); household”) (from famulus (“servant; slave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-m-eló-, from *dʰeh₁- (“to do, place, put”)) + French -al (adjective-forming suffix) (from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Indo-European *-li-). By surface analysis, family + -al. Piecewise doublet of familiar.

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