Where does “final” come from?

Final comes from Middle English final, from Old French final, from Latin finalis, derived from Latin finis meaning "end" or "boundary," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeygʷ-.

final (English): A final examination; a test or examination given...

Definitions

  1. A final examination; a test or examination given...

Ancestry of “final”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfinal—
2Old Frenchfinalfinal, definitive, last
3LatinfīnālisOf or pertaining to boundaries
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “final”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin fīnālis →