English
final reckoning
From final + reckoning (“act or occasion of accounting to God after death for one’s conduct in life”).
A compound of final + reckoning ‘act or occasion of accounting to God after…’
Latin fīnis ‘end’
Latin fīnālis ‘of or relating to the end or to boundaries’
Old French final ‘final’
Middle English final
English final
Today it means
noun Synonym of judgement day (“the final trial of all humankind, both the living and the dead, by God expected to take place at the end of the world, when each is rewarded or punished according to their merits”).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / final reckoning