Where does “semifinale” come from?

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

semifinale (Norwegian Bokmål): a semi-final

Definitions

  1. a semi-final

Ancestry of “semifinale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfinalea final; 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 →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin fīnālis →