admirail
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English admirail, q.v.
Noun
editadmirail (plural admirails)
References
edit- “admiral, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Middle English
editEtymology
editFrom Anglo-Norman and Old French admiral, admirail, etc., from Medieval Latin admiralis, admirallus, and admiralius, from irregular modification of amiralis etc. under the influence of the prefix ad- and particularly admirari (“to admire, to respect”), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).
Noun
editadmirail (plural admirails)
Descendants
edit- English: admirail
References
edit- “admiral, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Old French
editNoun
editadmirail oblique singular, m (oblique plural admirauz or admirailz, nominative singular admirauz or admirailz, nominative plural admirail)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of amiral
Descendants
editReferences
edit- admiral in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022
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