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
Ancestry of “finis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | finis | — |
| 2 | Latin | fīnis | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰnh₂- | — |