musical
MYOO-zih-kuhl · adjective
Origin
From Middle English musical, borrowed from Old French, which came from Medieval Latin mūsicālis. That in turn was built from Latin mūsica ("music") plus the adjective-forming suffix -ālis — essentially "music" + "-al."
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Journey
The word has stayed close to its root meaning throughout: it simply turns "music" into a descriptive quality, marking something as related to or full of music.
Related words
It shares its base directly with the word "music" itself, plus the common adjective suffix "-al," also seen in words like "natural" or "tropical."
More words
From Medieval Latin