The story
- Latin · derived fromūniversālis
- Old French · derived fromuniversal
- Middle English · inherited fromuniversal
- English todayuniversal
From Middle English universal, from Old French universal (modern French universel), from Latin ūniversālis, equivalent to universe + -al.
Words from the same roots
Latinūniversālis all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.