myEtymology.com: English etymology of adjectival

Etymology of the English word adjectival

the English word adjectival

derived from the English word adjective

derived from the French word adjectif

derived from the Latin word adiectivus (that is added; adjective)

derived from the Latin word adiectare

using the Latin prefix ad- (to, in addition)

derived from the Latin word ad (to; near; to; to; to; near)

derived from the Latin root *iectare

derived from the Latin word adiicere (add, increase, raise)

derived from the Late Latin word iacere (to throw; lie; lie down; lie ill; throw, hurl, cast)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *yē-

using the English suffix -al

derived from the Latin suffix -alis