Etymology

finale

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Today it means: The grand end of something, especially of a show or piece of music. Full definition →

Italian finale ← Late Latin fīnālis ← Latin fīnis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromfīnis“end; boundary, limit”
  2. Late Latin · derived fromfīnālis
  3. Italian · borrowed fromfinale“ending”
  4. English todayfinale

From Italian finale (“ending”), from Late Latin fīnālis, from Latin fīnis (“end; boundary, limit”). Doublet of final.

Words from the same roots

Latinfīnis all →

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