Etymology

musical

mu·si·cal
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Today it means: Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation. Full definition →

Middle English musical ← Old French [Term?] ← Medieval Latin mūsicālis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frommūsica“music”
  2. Medieval Latin · derived frommūsicālis
  3. Old French · derived from[Term?]
  4. Middle English · inherited frommusical
  5. English todaymusical

From Middle English musical, from Old French [Term?], from Medieval Latin mūsicālis, from Latin mūsica (“music”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives); equivalent to music + -al.

Words from the same roots

Latinmūsica all →

music

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