admirail
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