Where does “Semifinale” come from?

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

Semifinale (German): semifinal A playoff round before the final

Definitions

  1. semifinal A playoff round before the final

Ancestry of “Semifinale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFinalefinal; finale
2Italianfinalefinal, ending; end, ending, conclusion; finale
3LatinfīnālisOf or pertaining to boundaries
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →