-al

Morpheme

-al

Type

suffix

Denotation

adjective suffix denoting “of, like, related to, pertaining to”

Etymology

Middle English -al, -el; French -al or Latin -ālis

Evidence

basal, boreal, corneal, cranial, functional, -ial, lexical, lineal, manorial, neural, palatial, several, spatial

See Also

-alis, -ismal, -el

Homographs

Al, Al, al-, -al, -al