amirail
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
From Anglo-Norman and Old French amirail etc., from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).
Noun edit
amirail (plural amirails)
References edit
- “admiral, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Old French edit
Noun edit
amirail oblique singular, m (oblique plural amirauz or amirailz, nominative singular amirauz or amirailz, nominative plural amirail)
- Alternative form of amiral
Descendants edit
- Middle English: amirail
References edit
- admiral in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022