Where does “finis” come from?

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

finis (French): masculine plural of fini; first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. masculine plural of fini; first-person singular...

Ancestry of “finis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfinipast participle of finir; Aspect or texture of...
2Frenchfinirto finish, end, complete
3Middle Frenchfinirto finish; to end
4Old FrenchfinirAlternative form of finer
5Latinfīniōto finish, terminate
6Latinfīnisend
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-Every word from Latin fīnisEvery word from Latin fīniō