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eventual

e·ven·tu·al [ i vénchoo əl, i vénchəl ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
ultimate: happening in the course of time or events, usually much later
her eventual fall from power

[Early 17th century. < French éventuel< Latin eventus (see event)]
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