Etymology

cofinal

C3O1F4I1N1A1L1

Today it means: Of a subset of a partially ordered set; containing elements at least as late as any given element of the set, relative to the given partial order. Full definition →

English final ← Latin co- ← Proto-Italic *kom-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Englishfinal
  9. English todaycofinal

From co- + final.

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