amerale

Middle English

Etymology

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

Noun

amerale (plural amerales)

Alternative form of amiral, emir or admiral.

References

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

Old French

Noun

amerale oblique singular, m (oblique plural amerales, nominative singular amerales, nominative plural amerale)

(Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of amiral

Descendants

Middle English: amerale

References

admiral in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022

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