Where does “semifinale” come from?

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

semifinale (Italian): semifinal

Definitions

  1. semifinal

Ancestry of “semifinale”, step by step

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

Words derived from “semifinale”

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