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Where does “fino” come from?

Fino comes from Spanish fino, derived from Old Spanish fin, from Latin finis meaning "end" or "boundary," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeygʷ-.

fino (English): The driest and palest type of traditional sherry

Definitions

  1. The driest and palest type of traditional sherry

Ancestry of “fino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishfinofine
2Spanishfinend; purpose, aim, objective, goal; end, stop,...
3Old Spanishfin—
4Latinfinisend; limit, border, bound boundary, frontier;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeygʷ-to stick into, pierce; to dig; to ditch; to...
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