Late Latin verbalis adds the relational suffix -alis to verbum.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0639derivationestablished
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verbālis
of or relating to words or verbs
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin antiquity · word utteranceverbum
word, utterance, expression, language, discourse
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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
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A word or verb becomes the base of an adjective meaning of or consisting of words.
The suffix follows a separately traversable graph branch.
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reviewed
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CITATION REGISTER
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Verbal — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseEtymology: verbalis from verbum + -alis
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Explicitly identifies the lexical base and suffix.
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EDITORIAL REUSE