Where does “fin” come from?

fin (French) comes from Middle French fin, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

fin (French): end, close, finish; end, end goal, objective,...

Definitions

  1. end, close, finish; end, end goal, objective,...

Ancestry of “fin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfinend; finish; death
2Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
3Latinfīnisend
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-

Words derived from “fin

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-Every word from Latin fīnisEvery word from Old French fin