Where does “finale” come from?

finale (Dutch) comes from Italian finale, from Latin fīnālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

finale (Dutch): a final, e.g. the end-round in a competition; the...

Definitions

  1. a final, e.g. the end-round in a competition; the...

Ancestry of “finale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfinalefinal, ending; end, ending, conclusion; finale
2LatinfīnālisOf or pertaining to boundaries
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “finale”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →