constitutionnel

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s

Proto-Italic *status

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Italic *statujō

Proto-Italic *statuō

Latin statuō

Latin cōnstituō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin cōnstitūtiōlbor.

Old French constitucion

French constitution

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Old French -el

French -el

French constitutionnel

From constitution + -el.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ.nɛl/

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Adjective

constitutionnel (feminine constitutionnelle, masculine plural constitutionnels, feminine plural constitutionnelles)

1. (relational) constitutional

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• anticonstitutionnel
• constitutionnellement

Further reading

• “constitutionnel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012