Where does “finis” come from?

Finis comes from Middle English finis, from Latin finis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeygʷ-, ultimately related to the notion of boundary or division.

finis (English): The end

Definitions

  1. The end

Ancestry of “finis”, step by step

finis traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English finis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfinis—
2Latinfīnisend
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

via English S

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSThe ordinal number nineteenth, derived from this...

via English fini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfini—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Middle English finis →