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finial

Meaningto finish

Common meaning: an ornament crowning a spire, gable, post or bedpost

Journey through time

  1. Latinfinire‘to finish’source
  2. Late Latinjinilessource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto finish → an ornament crowning a spire, gable, post or bedpostfinial‘an ornament crowning a spire, gable, post or bedpost’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin finire ‘to finish’.

Roots

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