"-al" meaning in Old French

See -al in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -el [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin -ālis. Compare the inherited -el. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fro|:bor|la:-ālis<id:adjectivizing suffix>|id=forming adjectives}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*h₂élis", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂el-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-is", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ālis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-al", "lang" : "fro" }" data-id="forming adjectives" data-lang="fro" data-title="-al" id="Old_French:_forming_adjectives">, {{bor|fro|la|-ālis}} Latin -ālis Head templates: {{head|fro|suffix}} -al
  1. suffix used to form adjectives from nouns Tags: morpheme
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          "parents": [],
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      ],
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              4,
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          ],
          "english": "domestic; household",
          "raw_tags": [
            "from mesnee"
          ],
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin -ālis",
      "name": "bor"
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin -ālis. Compare the inherited -el.",
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    {
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      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Old French terms derived from Latin",
        "Old French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old French terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Old French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)",
        "Old French terms with usage examples",
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          "raw_tags": [
            "from mesnee"
          ],
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      ],
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        "suffix used to form adjectives from nouns"
      ],
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  ],
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}

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