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