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“admiral” in english is a doublet of “emir”, they're both ultimately from arabic أمير (prince, commander)
the d there doesn't belong, real languages like swedish drop it (”amiral” is the swedish word for admiral)
@hikari does 'admire' come from the same cognate?
@mazunki it doesn't, but it probably influenced the spelling of admiral
@hikari that would make sense!