dernier

The story

1. Latin · derived fromdē“from, away from”
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*dēretrānus
3. Old French · derived fromderrain“final, last”
4. French · borrowed fromdernier
5. English todaydernier

Borrowed from French dernier, a contraction of derrenier, from Old French derrain (“final, last”) (by analogy with premier), from Vulgar Latin *dēretrānus, from Latin dē (“from, away from”) + retrō (“back; backwards; behind”) + -ānus (“of or pertaining to”).

Words from the same roots