admirail
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English
Etymology
From Middle English admirail, q.v.
Noun
admirail (plural admirails)
References
- “admiral, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Middle English
Etymology
From 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
admirail (plural admirails)
Descendants
- English: admirail
References
- “admiral, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Old French
Noun
admirail oblique singular, m (oblique plural admirauz or admirailz, nominative singular admirauz or admirailz, nominative plural admirail)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of amiral
Descendants
References
- admiral in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022