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PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD

ALL DISPUTES ↗
CLAIM / COUNTERCLAIM / LIMITRECORD 219

DISPUTE
RECORD.

One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.

resolvedestablished

Is -al the lexical ancestor of verbal?

No. Latin -alis is a derivational component of verbalis; the lexical base verbum and the suffix have separate graph branches.

WORD UNDER REVIEWDISPUTE 219

verbal

/ˈvɜːrbəl/ · adjective

Of, relating to, or consisting of words; also of verbs and, in one modern contrast, spoken rather than written.

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DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE

2 SOURCES WITH A STANCE

A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.

02 / EDITORIAL STATE

THE CURRENT RECORD IS RESOLVED.

CONFIDENCE
established
STATUS
resolved
LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
The word history explicitly analyzes verbum plus -alis.
RESOLUTION NOTE

The main ancestry follows verbum while a canonical component edge exposes -alis.