admirad

From addition of an excrescent /d/ to forms of Anglo-Norman and Old French admiral 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”).

admirad (plural admirads)

1. Alternative form of amiral, an emir or Muslim prince.

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

admirad

1. second-person plural imperative of admirar