"Eventually" is a false friend. In English: ultimately, in the end. In French (éventuellement), German (eventuell), Spanish (eventualmente), Portuguese (eventualmente), Italian (eventualmente): possibly. All from Latin "eventualis" ("relating to an outcome"). English narrowed to "ultimate outcome". Every other major European language kept the original "possible" sense. Same Latin root. English took the outlier path. #Etymology #FalseFriend #linguistics