Where does “finisht” come from?
finisht (English) comes from English finish, from Middle English finishen, from Old French finiss-, from Old French finir, from Latin fīniō, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.
finisht (English): simple past tense and past participle of finish
Definitions
- simple past tense and past participle of finish
Ancestry of “finisht”, step by step
finisht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English finish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | finish | An end; the end of anything; A protective coating... |
| 2 | Middle English | finishen | — |
| 3 | Old French | finiss- | — |
| 4 | Old French | finir | Alternative form of finer |
| 5 | Latin | fīniō | to finish, terminate |
| 6 | Latin | fīnis | end |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰnh₂- | — |
via English T
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | T | The ordinal number twentieth, derived from this... |