Where does “fi” come from?

fi (Catalan) comes from Latin phi, from Ancient Greek φεῖ — phi, the name for the twenty-second letter Φ, φ...

fi (Catalan): finish; the end; fine, thin; soft, smooth

Definitions

  1. finish; the end; fine, thin; soft, smooth

Ancestry of “fi”, step by step

fi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin phi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinphi
2Ancient Greekφεῖphi, the name for the twenty-second letter Φ, φ...

via Latin fīnis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfīnisend
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-

Words derived from “fi

Every word from Ancient Greek φεῖEvery word from Latin phi