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Where does “ultrafin” come from?

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

ultrafin (French): ultrafine, ultrathin

Definitions

  1. ultrafine, ultrathin

Ancestry of “ultrafin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfinend, close, finish; end, end goal, objective,...
2Middle Frenchfinend; finish; death
3Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
4Latinfīnis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—
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