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From relation + -al. The database sense is from the definition of relation as a set of ordered tuples.
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relational
re·la·tio·nalToday it means: Relating to relations. Full definition →
Today it means: Relating to relations. Full definition →
From relation + -al. The database sense is from the definition of relation as a set of ordered tuples.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.