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Where does “finit” come from?

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

finit (French): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “finit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfinirto finish, end, complete
2Middle Frenchfinirto finish; to end
3Old FrenchfinirAlternative form of finer
4Latinfīniō—
5Latinfīnis—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →