-al

Morpheme

-al

Type

suffix

Denotation

chemical suffix denoting the presence of an aldehyde group

Etymology

from aldehyde, from German Aldehyd; Latin alcohol dehydrogenātum

Evidence

butanal, decanal, glyoxal, methaqualone, octanal, retinal

See Also

Aldehyde

Homographs

Al, Al(l) [All, Al], al-, -al, -al(e) [-al, -ale]

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