Where does “finir” come from?

finir (Catalan) comes from Old Occitan fenir, from Latin fīniō, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

finir (Catalan): to end, finish, conclude

Definitions

  1. to end, finish, conclude

Ancestry of “finir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanfenirto finish
2Latinfīniōto finish, terminate
3Latinfīnisend
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Latin fīniō →