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Where does “finite” come from?

Finite comes from Middle English fynyte, from Latin finitus, from Latin finis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeygʷ-.

finite (English): Having an end or limit; constrained by bounds; ...

Definitions

  1. Having an end or limit; constrained by bounds; ...

Ancestry of “finite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfynyte—
2Latinfīnītus—
3Latinfīniō—
4Latinfīnis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

Words derived from “finite”

  • finitude
  • finitely
  • finiteness
  • nonfinite
  • finitist
  • finitism
  • finitization
  • cofinite
  • finitize
  • hyperfinite
  • finitise
  • semifinite
  • finitizability
  • pseudofinite
  • profinite
  • ultrafinitism
  • ultrafinitist
  • nonfinitely
  • finitizable
  • finiteless
  • quasifinite
  • hyperfiniteness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →