Where does “finir” come from?

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

finir (French): to finish, end, complete

Definitions

  1. to finish, end, complete

Ancestry of “finir”, step by step

finir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French finir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfinirto finish; to end
2Old FrenchfinirAlternative form of finer
3Latinfīniōto finish, terminate
4Latinfīnisend
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

via Latin fīnīre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfīnīre—

Words derived from “finir”

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