Where does “fin” come from?
Fin comes from Old French fin, from Latin finis meaning "end" or "boundary," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeygʷ-.
fin (English): One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel...
Definitions
- One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel...
Ancestry of “fin”, step by step
fin traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English finasteride
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | finasteride | A medication used to treat male pattern baldness and benign prostatic hyperplasia in males |
| 2 | English | -steride | Used to form names of [[w:5α-reductase |
| 3 | English | -ide | Any of a group of related compounds - azide,... |
| 4 | Middle French | -ide | id (dynast) |
| 5 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |