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; whose number of elements is a natural number

Definitions

  1. Having an end or limit; constrained by bounds; whose number of elements is a natural number

Ancestry of “finite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfynyte—
2Latinfīnītusfinished, terminated, having been finished or terminated
3Latinfīniōto finish, terminate
4Latinfīnisend
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

Words derived from “finite”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Latin fīniō →