virtualis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós

Proto-Italic *wiros

Latin vir

Proto-Indo-European *-tuHts

Latin -tūs

Latin virtūs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin virtuālis

From virtūs + -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wɪr.tuˈaː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [vir.tuˈaː.lis]

Adjective

virtuālis (neuter virtuāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)

1. virtual (of, pertaining to or having efficacy or power)
2. virtual (having the power to produce an effect; potent; effective)
3. virtuous

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	virtuālis	virtuāle		virtuālēs	virtuālia
genitive	virtuālis			virtuālium
dative	virtuālī			virtuālibus
accusative	virtuālem	virtuāle		virtuālīs virtuālēs	virtuālia
ablative	virtuālī			virtuālibus
vocative	virtuālis	virtuāle		virtuālēs	virtuālia

Descendants

• → Catalan: virtual
• → Galician: virtual
• → Italian: virtuale
• → Old French: vertüal, vertüelle
  • French: virtuel
  • → Middle English: vertual, virtual
    • English: virtual
• → Portuguese: virtual
• → Spanish: virtual

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “virtualis”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC