-alis

of, relating to

Forms

-alis
-aris — Latin variant especially used when the stem already contained l, avoiding a repeated l sound.
-al — English ending borrowed through French or directly from Latin.
-ar — English ending continuing Latin -aris.

An older Latin adjective-forming suffix; its more remote ancestry is uncertain.

Expresses a relationship without specifying its kind: material, place, purpose, and other connections are possible.

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adverb

At the beginning, before later changes.

Our library occupies a building originally built as a school.

Etymology

Original concerns the origin or first state of something. The adverb locates a fact at that beginning, before subsequent change.

original adjective — Existing at the beginning, before changes.