Where does “finitude” come from?

Finitude comes from English finite combined with the French suffix -itude, derived from Latin finitus meaning bounded, from Latin finis meaning end or boundary, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeygʷ-.

finitude (English): The state or characteristic of being finite;...

Definitions

  1. The state or characteristic of being finite;...

Ancestry of “finitude”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Renaissance Latinfinitūdō—
2Latinfīnisend
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Renaissance Latin finitūdō →