Where does “final” come from?

final (Spanish) comes from Latin fīnālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

final (Spanish): final; an end

Definitions

  1. final; an end

Ancestry of “final”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinfīnālisOf or pertaining to boundaries
2Latin-ālis—
3Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “final”

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