The story
- Latin · derived fromigneus“fiery”
- Late Latin · derived from*ignealis
- Old French · derived fromignel
- English todayigneal
From Old French ignel, from Late Latin *ignealis, from Latin igneus (“fiery”), from ignis (“fire”).
Words from the same roots
Latinigneus all →
igneous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.