English word alphabetical comes from English -ical, English alphabet
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| -ical | English (eng) | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning "of or pertaining to"; adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also. |
| alphabet | English (eng) | To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically. (India, Hong Kong, Singapore) An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.. (computer science) A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.. A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in [...] |
| alphabetical | English (eng) | (obsolete) literal. According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.. Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet. |