continuel etymology

Middle English word continuel comes from Old French -el (Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun.), French -el (To make an adjectival form of a noun; -al.), Latin continuus

Detailed word origin of continuel

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-el Old French (fro) Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun.
-el French (fra) To make an adjectival form of a noun; -al.
continuus Latin (lat) (temporal) straight, in a row, whole (Biennio continuo post adeptum imperium... For two whole years after assuming power...). Continuous, uninterrupted, successive.
continuel Old French (fro)
continuel Middle English (enm)

Words with the same origin as continuel

Descendants of -el
bendel