Where does “finale” come from?
finale (Dutch) comes from Italian finale, from Latin fīnālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.
finale (Dutch): a final, e.g. the end-round in a competition; the...
Definitions
- a final, e.g. the end-round in a competition; the...
Ancestry of “finale”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | finale | final, ending; end, ending, conclusion; finale |
| 2 | Latin | fīnālis | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | — |