Eventual
/ɪˈvɛn.tʃu.əl/noun
Happening or existing at the end of a process or after a period of time.
Did you know?Eventual comes from Latin *evenire*, “to come out, happen,” built from *ex-* (“out”) + *venire* (“to come”), the same ancient root behind words like venue and adventure.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʷem-
“to come”
Latin
Latin
venire
“to come”
Latin
Latin
evenire
“to come out, happen, result”
Late Latin
Latin
eventualis
“resulting, contingent”
Middle French
Old French
éventuel
“possible, resulting from an event”
Late Middle English
English
eventual
“occurring as a result or in the end”