amerail

Middle English edit

Etymology edit

From Anglo-Norman and Old French amerail etc., from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).

Noun edit

amerail (plural amerails)

Alternative form of amiral, emir or admiral.

References edit

“admiral, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Old French edit

Noun edit

amerail oblique singular, m (oblique plural amerauz or amerailz, nominative singular amerauz or amerailz, nominative plural amerail)

(Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of amiral

Descendants edit

Middle English: amerail

References edit

admiral in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022