English
alumnal
By surface analysis, alumnus + -al.
Equivalent to alumnus + -al
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘to nourish, grow’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-o-mh₁no- ‘being nourished’
Proto-Italic *alomanos
Latin alumnus ‘foster child, nourished one’
English alumnus
Today it means
adj Relating to alumni.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / alumnal