amerall

English

Etymology

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

Noun

amerall (plural ameralls)

Obsolete form of admiral.

References

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

Old French

Noun

amerall oblique singular, m (oblique plural ameraus or amerax or amerals, nominative singular ameraus or amerax or amerals, nominative plural amerall)

(Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of amiral

Descendants

English: amerall

References

admiral in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022

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