Where does “finalmente” come from?

finalmente (Italian) comes from Italian -mente, from Latin mente, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

finalmente (Italian): at last; in the end, lastly, finally; !

Definitions

  1. at last; in the end, lastly, finally; !

Ancestry of “finalmente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-mente-wise, -ly, -ally
2Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
3Latinmēnsmind
4Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
6Indo-European*men-
Every word from Indo-European *men-