Where does “finial” come from?

finial (English) comes from Middle English finial, from Old French final, from Latin fīnālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

finial (English): The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated...

Definitions

  1. The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated...

Ancestry of “finial”, step by step

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

Words derived from “finial”

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