-al


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
-al
suffix
  • 1 (forming adjectives from Latin, Greek, or English words) relating to; of the kind of: tidal.
  • 2 forming nouns chiefly denoting verbal action: arrival.
– origin Sense 1 from Fr. -el or L. -alis; sense 2 from Fr. -aille or from L. -alis functioning as a noun ending.
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