at length, at last, finally, eventually · used also as an adverbial intensifier of interrogatives to a somewhat greater degree than -nam
eş: demum, postremo
köken: From tam (“so”) + -dem (“new interpreted particle from īdem”). Compare with its earlier doublet: tamen. Both with original meaning supposedly "so(much)ever".
Tandem hīs Aenēān compellat vōcibus ultrō: …. At last [Dido] – of her own accord – confronts Aeneas, to say to him: ….
köken: Etymology tree Arabic آخِر (ʔāḵir)bor. Classical Persian آخِر (āxir)bor. Urdu آخر Borrowed from Classical Persian آخِر (āxir), borrowed from Arabic آخِر (ʔāḵir).